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How did people living in medieval towns see the feudal system beyond their communities walls? Did they see themselves as more civilized?	3
What were ancient Rome's attitude towards young lads and lasses consuming alcohol?	3
Did Rome have a distinct Latin dialect, or being fairly cosmopolitan, was it known to have many different Latin dialects?	2
Would the Romans actually kill you if you crossed the Pomerium? What would happen if you tripped? Or a little kid innocently ran across, unaware of its significant?	1
Is there anywhere I can find the (ideally translated) actual texts of the Republican Roman senate's Senatus Consulta?	1
How have girls keeping their virginity before marriage come to be such a central concept in so many societies throughout history? Am I just the weird one for not being into popping cherries?	1
Teach me about the Roman Ager Publicus	1
Throughout history, a girl's hymen was an important symbol of her chastity. Given this, in the culture you study, what would typically become of girls who were born without one? Or who's hymen was damage for non-sexual reasons in such as way that everyone in town would know it wasn't immodesty?	1
Given the fact that pandemics happened all the time in history, what would a historians answer be when asked what "when COVID-19 eventually goes away" will actually look like? What kind of patterns do pandemics of old show will likely happen?	1
If Bernie Sanders won and became POTUS in 2020, would the fact that he'd be the first Jewish POTUS also make him the first non-Christian POTUS as well? Or has the USA already had non-Christian POTUSes? And if so, who were they? And did their not-Christian-ness cause problems for them?	1

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