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What did Charles V mean by “I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse”?

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Gladiators are usually depicted with little armour. Why is that? Were rules regulating what gladiators could wear, was it a case of economics as gladiators needed benefactors, or is there another reason?

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I walk in to a grocery store in 1970-1980 non-Soviet block world how likely am I to find products made in the USSR?

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Why does the Roman colosseum receive more attention in popular media than the circus maximus?

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Did Europeans of the middle ages believe the events of greek mythology to be historical fact?

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What was warfare like during the Crimean War?

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Did Sulla really not trust Cinna when he left to campaign in the east?

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Do we know how Alexander the great planned to rule his empire had he survived?

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How did healers/doctors in the past go about disinfecting their hands and tools? When did it become commonplace or has it always been around in some form or another?

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Was Antony’s restructuring of the east an early attempt at fixing the problem of overextension that the later Diocletian tetrarchy tried to solve?

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What did Charles V mean by “I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse”?	1533
Gladiators are usually depicted with little armour. Why is that? Were rules regulating what gladiators could wear, was it a case of economics as gladiators needed benefactors, or is there another reason?	75
I walk in to a grocery store in 1970-1980 non-Soviet block world how likely am I to find products made in the USSR?	38
Why does the Roman colosseum receive more attention in popular media than the circus maximus?	9
Did Europeans of the middle ages believe the events of greek mythology to be historical fact?	6
What was warfare like during the Crimean War?	5
Did Sulla really not trust Cinna when he left to campaign in the east?	5
Do we know how Alexander the great planned to rule his empire had he survived?	4
How did healers/doctors in the past go about disinfecting their hands and tools? When did it become commonplace or has it always been around in some form or another?	3
Was Antony’s restructuring of the east an early attempt at fixing the problem of overextension that the later Diocletian tetrarchy tried to solve?	2