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I’m drinking an Amarone wine, from the Veneto region, right now. It’s the most expensive Italian wine in my liquor store. From what region did the the Romans consider the best wine to have been from?

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Why did the Versailles Treaty focus so much on punishing Germany, when Germany did not even start the war and entered it to aid its ally?

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Location of Late Roman Limitanei and Comitatus?

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The Byzantines called themselves "Roman", and the Germanic kingdoms called them "Roman" too (although I'm not sure if they did all the time). Did Western Europeans actually believe the Byzantines to be the same Romans, a la pre-476 CE?

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In 1801, Tsar Paul I of Russia was assassinated by conspirators funded by the British government. How did the British have the means to assassinate a monarch of a European superpower at the beginning of the 19th century?

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Did Muhammad envision/plan the spread of Islam beyond Arabia through invasion?

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If the Greeks/Romans knew that the Earth was a sphere, did they also know that the planets in our solar system were spheres as well?

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What and how did the Romans smoke?

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Was Joseph Stalin as disturbed and sadistic before he became the leader of the USSR?

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Why did the Romans adopt the Draco standard?

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I’m drinking an Amarone wine, from the Veneto region, right now. It’s the most expensive Italian wine in my liquor store. From what region did the the Romans consider the best wine to have been from?	14
Why did the Versailles Treaty focus so much on punishing Germany, when Germany did not even start the war and entered it to aid its ally?	13
Location of Late Roman Limitanei and Comitatus?	10
The Byzantines called themselves "Roman", and the Germanic kingdoms called them "Roman" too (although I'm not sure if they did all the time). Did Western Europeans actually believe the Byzantines to be the same Romans, a la pre-476 CE?	9
In 1801, Tsar Paul I of Russia was assassinated by conspirators funded by the British government. How did the British have the means to assassinate a monarch of a European superpower at the beginning of the 19th century?	9
Did Muhammad envision/plan the spread of Islam beyond Arabia through invasion?	8
If the Greeks/Romans knew that the Earth was a sphere, did they also know that the planets in our solar system were spheres as well?	7
What and how did the Romans smoke?	7
Was Joseph Stalin as disturbed and sadistic before he became the leader of the USSR?	6
Why did the Romans adopt the Draco standard?	6