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the way I've always been told it pompey wanted to wait Caesar out but the senate pressured him into fighting. As I understand it the army were utterly loyal to pompey and if anything slightly disdainful of the senate, why couldn't he just ignore them?

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in the first Riverworld book Peter Jairus Frigate (an self insert of the arthur Philip José Farmer) says his main claim to fame is having translated the Iliad into samoan. the book was written in 1971, had that been done by then (or if not, by now?)?

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why did the romans call all their emperors Caesar, when the original Caesar was called that because it was his name, not a title?

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Would most Romans have known about the existance and expoits of past emporers from generations befor?

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When was the last time slaves were brought over from Africa and sold on US soil?

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How did specialist traders and Artisan get along before money?

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how did public market places work before coined money?

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how did peasants come to replace salves as the primary farm laborers of Europe after the fall of Rome?

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Suppose I'm a common ancient Egyptian (circa 2000 BC) and I've been called up to fight in some conflict. Do I have any weapons training whatsoever beyond "stick them with the pointy end"?

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why/how did English become the lingua franca of most of the human race?

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the way I've always been told it pompey wanted to wait Caesar out but the senate pressured him into fighting. As I understand it the army were utterly loyal to pompey and if anything slightly disdainful of the senate, why couldn't he just ignore them?	7
in the first Riverworld book Peter Jairus Frigate (an self insert of the arthur Philip José Farmer) says his main claim to fame is having translated the Iliad into samoan. the book was written in 1971, had that been done by then (or if not, by now?)?	7
why did the romans call all their emperors Caesar, when the original Caesar was called that because it was his name, not a title?	7
Would most Romans have known about the existance and expoits of past emporers from generations befor?	7
When was the last time slaves were brought over from Africa and sold on US soil?	7
How did specialist traders and Artisan get along before money?	7
how did public market places work before coined money?	7
how did peasants come to replace salves as the primary farm laborers of Europe after the fall of Rome?	7
Suppose I'm a common ancient Egyptian (circa 2000 BC) and I've been called up to fight in some conflict. Do I have any weapons training whatsoever beyond "stick them with the pointy end"?	7
why/how did English become the lingua franca of most of the human race?	7