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I heard on a podcast that magicians would perform in the Colosseum. Do we know anything about what kinds of tricks they did?

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Were the Romans aware of the history or their alphabet, and that it could be traced back to Egypt?

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Are we able to reconstruct any war chants from before the Middle Ages? What would they have sounded like?

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I always have trouble getting a clear picture of who the pre-Roman inhabitants of Britain were. Is it right to say that they were Celtic peoples who went over in various migrations?

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Did American politicians have any contact with Germany between Britain declaring war in 1939 and American declaring war in 1941?

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Was there a Latin dialect spoken in the eastern Carolingian Empire, distinct from Old French?

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What do we know about the gods of the Indo Europeans before they traveled west, and did any of them continue into Roman times?

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Did ancient armies have the equivalent of “star athletes”: soldiers who were exceptional fighters, and around whom the overall strategy revolved?

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What did Egyptians around the time of Cleopatra think of the pyramids?

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Did any Romans think that they might share a common ancestor with all other humans?

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I heard on a podcast that magicians would perform in the Colosseum. Do we know anything about what kinds of tricks they did?	5
Were the Romans aware of the history or their alphabet, and that it could be traced back to Egypt?	5
Are we able to reconstruct any war chants from before the Middle Ages? What would they have sounded like?	5
I always have trouble getting a clear picture of who the pre-Roman inhabitants of Britain were. Is it right to say that they were Celtic peoples who went over in various migrations?	5
Did American politicians have any contact with Germany between Britain declaring war in 1939 and American declaring war in 1941?	5
Was there a Latin dialect spoken in the eastern Carolingian Empire, distinct from Old French?	5
What do we know about the gods of the Indo Europeans before they traveled west, and did any of them continue into Roman times?	4
Did ancient armies have the equivalent of “star athletes”: soldiers who were exceptional fighters, and around whom the overall strategy revolved?	4
What did Egyptians around the time of Cleopatra think of the pyramids?	4
Did any Romans think that they might share a common ancestor with all other humans?	4