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I've heard that the equestrian bronze statue of Marcus Aurelius in Rome survived because medieval people thought it was of Constantine, the first Christian emperor. How did they find out that it was really Marcus Aurelius?	4
What is the origin of the legend of the patent office clerk saying that his job was outmoded, because there was nothing left to invent?	4
Did the ancient Roman state religions have any ethical or moral components, or were they mostly concerned with propitiating the gods & securing political obedience?	3
How have the VENONA decrypts influenced historians' appraisals of the Hollywood Left and other Cold War & Comintern-era Soviet agents of influence over the years since their publication?	3
We are living through the 100th anniversaries of two huge U.S. humanitarian endeavors, American Relief Administration & Near East Relief. Are they being commemorated? Are there any good recent histories of them? What do historians think of them nowadays?	3
After the fall of the USSR, what settlement if any did Spain and Russia arrive at, on the matter of the gold that Spain had sent to the Soviet Union for safekeeping during the Spanish Civil War?	2
What became of all the art treasures inside Old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, when it was pulled down to replaced with new St. Peter's? Does at least an inventory of them exist?	2
As the Comintern began to operate abroad in the 1920s after the Bolshevik Revolution, what were some of the Western powers' typical reactions to it?	2
What are some remarkable evidences of international trade in ancient times, such as Roman coins found in the far East archaeological sites, or Buddha statuettes found in Viking burials?	1
The remains of Philip II of Macedon were discovered in the 1970s, and those of Richard III of England in 2012--who are some other figures that were known to us from the historical record, whose remains were discovered in relatively modern times?	1

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