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Were Romans "allowed" to just create new praenomen?

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How do we know what names mean? For example, the wife of Hercules was called Deinara, which means "husband-destroyer". In Ancient Greece was this woman literally called "husband-destroyer"?

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Article says 500 years ago the Thames riverbanks were a dangerous place, why?

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[NSFW] What was the first recorded reference to masturbation? Was "Self-Pleasuring" a taboo back in the ancient times? NSFW

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How accurate are cowboys and Western America in the 1800s in media compared to real life?

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What was life like during the Viking age for Scandinavians who stayed in the homeland ?

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What can y’all tell me about indigenous European paganism in the Middle Ages?

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How did the Dutch colonization of the USA impact the current American culture?

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Did England have any contingency plans for if the Dunkirk evacuation had been a total failure?

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Book suggestions regarding Russia's interference in the Caucasian Mountains and it's subsequent conflicts from Imperial times to the present?

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Were Romans "allowed" to just create new praenomen?	5
How do we know what names mean? For example, the wife of Hercules was called Deinara, which means "husband-destroyer". In Ancient Greece was this woman literally called "husband-destroyer"?	5
Article says 500 years ago the Thames riverbanks were a dangerous place, why?	5
[NSFW] What was the first recorded reference to masturbation? Was "Self-Pleasuring" a taboo back in the ancient times? NSFW	5
How accurate are cowboys and Western America in the 1800s in media compared to real life?	5
What was life like during the Viking age for Scandinavians who stayed in the homeland ?	5
What can y’all tell me about indigenous European paganism in the Middle Ages?	5
How did the Dutch colonization of the USA impact the current American culture?	5
Did England have any contingency plans for if the Dunkirk evacuation had been a total failure?	5
Book suggestions regarding Russia's interference in the Caucasian Mountains and it's subsequent conflicts from Imperial times to the present?	5