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In Gore Vidal's fictional take on the life of Julian the Apostate, he suggests that Julian's conversion to the mystery cult of Mithra owed to a manipulative svengali figure. Was there any such figure in Julian's life?
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Louis XVI sought a suicidal war with Europe to crush the Revolution. The Brissotins sought it for other reasons. Why did they trust their imprisoned king after his failed attempt to escape the country?
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What separates grain/bread riots that were summarily crushed from those that actually achieved price controls or other concessions?
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Why were the more conservative wings of the French National Assembly the ones most ardently seeking to export the French Revolution by declaring war on nearly the whole of Europe?
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How/why did new rules in chess (e.g. the two-space pawn move, en passant, castling) propogate and become the standard? Were there governing bodies that agreed such moves made a better game? Were chess players generally aware of new rules bubbling up in other regions?
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Mirabeau and the Parisian citizenry knew what they were up against long before Louis fled to Varennes. So why did so many French Republicans still cheer "Vive le Roi" at every minor concession?
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Does history have any examples of dramatized/predetermined fights comparable to today's pro wrestling?
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