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Why have so many culture in history (Romans, Aztecs, etc) been against their daughters flirting with boys?	1
How did the early empire Roman army deal with attacks on their soldier while on the march? The Marian mules had piles of stuff on them all day and half probably had to piss, so what stopped the enemy from just ambushing them while in this exposed state? Or are there stories of this happening?	1
In ancient Rome, what made country folk and city folk different? What sorts of stereotypes would they have of each other? Was one seen as superior to the other?	1
How have girls keeping their virginity before marriage come to be such a central concept in so many societies throughout history? Was it an STD control thing? A dominance thing?	0
What were ancient Roman cultural standards regarding duels to the death as a means of resolving disputes? Surely they had them right? And if they didn't... why? Why wouldn't they?	0
A guy got kicked from the senate for kissing his wife before their daughter in public, thus I wonder: what (to us) innocent actions would be deemed unacceptable to perform in public in ancient Rome? And what (to us) unacceptable public actions would be similarly acceptable to them?	0
The US government seldom installs democratic governments in defeated countries. So why did they after the second world war for Japan and Germany?	0
What became of the culture and institutions of the city of Rome after the collapse of the western Roman empire? How well did these qualities of the then reduced Rome weather the following centuries?	0

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