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What kind of plants should I include in my ancient Roman garden?

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Did currency exchange occur at all in the ancient world? And if so, how would it work? What if I wanted to exchange a denari for a drachma?

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Did Classical Greeks know much about the Mycenaean Greeks?

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Before Virgil and the Aeneid, did Romans believe Aeneas founded the Roman race, or was that idea constructed by Virgil as propaganda?

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At What Point Did We Stop Being Civilizations?

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Were there people in Classical Antiquity who still possessed knowledge of Linear A/B/Cretan Hieroglyphics or attempted to decipher the scripts?

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How much Pre-Indo-European vocabulary did Indo-European languages absorb? Which Indo-European language has the highest amount of non-Indo-European words?

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Descendants of the Etruscans.

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Was Mussolini All That Bad?

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How Much (If Any) Contact Did The Romans Have With Ireland?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What kind of plants should I include in my ancient Roman garden?	1245
Did currency exchange occur at all in the ancient world? And if so, how would it work? What if I wanted to exchange a denari for a drachma?	172
Did Classical Greeks know much about the Mycenaean Greeks?	96
Before Virgil and the Aeneid, did Romans believe Aeneas founded the Roman race, or was that idea constructed by Virgil as propaganda?	65
At What Point Did We Stop Being Civilizations?	49
Were there people in Classical Antiquity who still possessed knowledge of Linear A/B/Cretan Hieroglyphics or attempted to decipher the scripts?	48
How much Pre-Indo-European vocabulary did Indo-European languages absorb? Which Indo-European language has the highest amount of non-Indo-European words?	33
Descendants of the Etruscans.	31
Was Mussolini All That Bad?	30
How Much (If Any) Contact Did The Romans Have With Ireland?	22