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Most currencies around the world have 2 denominations, eg cent and dollar. Today the smaller denomination is almost meaninglessly small, but when the currency systems were being decided, was there an ideal standard for what the dollar could purchase?

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In HBOs Rome, while torturing a boy who tried to poison her, the Julii domina Atia says that confessions without torture are not admissible in court. Is this historically accurate? If yes then when did the general law shift to the polar opposite?

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What are these white stains on my coffee table and how to clean them?

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In HBO's Rome, when torturing a boy who tried to poison her, the Julii Domina Atia says that confessions without torture were not admissible in court. Is this historically accurate? Especially considering that in modern society confessions under torture are generally disregarded.

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Most currencies around the world have 2 denominations, eg cent and dollar. Today the smaller denomination is almost meaninglessly small, but when the currency systems were being decided, was there an ideal standard for what the dollar could purchase?	25	AskHistorians
In HBOs Rome, while torturing a boy who tried to poison her, the Julii domina Atia says that confessions without torture are not admissible in court. Is this historically accurate? If yes then when did the general law shift to the polar opposite?	7	AskHistorians
What are these white stains on my coffee table and how to clean them?	2	CleaningTips
In HBO's Rome, when torturing a boy who tried to poison her, the Julii Domina Atia says that confessions without torture were not admissible in court. Is this historically accurate? Especially considering that in modern society confessions under torture are generally disregarded.	1	AskHistorians