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Romulus Augustus was the last emperor of the western Roman empire. Was Romulus an anachronistic name when he was born in 460 A.D.?
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The Maniots were the last holdouts of Rome/The Byzantine Empire, and managed to fend off the Turks for hundreds of years without being conquered. Why did they manage to hold out when the rest of Greece fell? Were the Turks trying very hard to conquer them?
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Plato had no problem being ruled by a king so long as the monarch was a trained philosopher. When did philosophers start to oppose the idea of monarchy on philosophical grounds?
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Unlike the Bhagavad Gita, the Dao De Jing, or the Bible, The Book of Mormon was not created by an established religion. Rather Mormonism is a religion created by a book. Is this a unique inversion in the history of religions?
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Did George Washington and his estate take a large financial hit when he freed his slaves? Was he trying to start a trend? Did many people follow his lead?
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Following the Battle of Bunker Hill and the death of General Warren, did the Massachusetts militia balk at The Continental Congress's appointment of George Washington, a Virginian, to lead them?
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Stalin famously forced Russia to modernize/industrialize very quickly in the 20s and 30s, taking it from an agrarian economy of serfs to an industrial powerhouse in just a few years. How instrumental was this forced — and painful — modernization in allowing the country to withstand WWII?
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Theodore Roosevelt preached the doctrine of the "strenuous life" to his fellow Americans. How successful was he at getting everyone else on board with his ideas?
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Coffee was considered an old person's drink in the 70s and 80s before seeing a resurgence in the 90s. What changed things?
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