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Besides "farmer" what jobs would you find people doing for a living in a typical British kingdom either beyond Hadrian’s wall, or any where pre AD43?

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unless something unusual happened like a triumph, how many times a year were games held in coliseum?

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did the classical Romans and/or Greeks ever given an exact date for the supposed creation of the world, like a lot of creationist Christians have?

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was homosexuality socially acceptable among viking-era Scandinavians (IE before they christianized)?

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Would people ancient city market places have haggled over prices like they do today? Or did the lack of coined money make that harder?

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when the Emperor was out of Rome who took the role of hosting games in the colosseum?

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from 277 to 281 Emperor Probus defeated several enemies before returning to Rome for a Triumph. Would his army have kept all the slaves they took and sold them when they got home, or would they have sold them as they went along?

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how much of the roman empire still declared loyalty to Maxentius in 310?

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Did any Greek/Roman philosophers speak to the possibility of other inhabited worlds existing besides this one? If so what do they say about the notion?

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suppose you suggested to a American living 200 years ago, that in all likelihood a black man raised in the same environment as a rich white person would be just as intellectually capable as a typical rich white person. would he have likely conceded to that?

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Besides "farmer" what jobs would you find people doing for a living in a typical British kingdom either beyond Hadrian’s wall, or any where pre AD43?	3
unless something unusual happened like a triumph, how many times a year were games held in coliseum?	3
did the classical Romans and/or Greeks ever given an exact date for the supposed creation of the world, like a lot of creationist Christians have?	3
was homosexuality socially acceptable among viking-era Scandinavians (IE before they christianized)?	3
Would people ancient city market places have haggled over prices like they do today? Or did the lack of coined money make that harder?	3
when the Emperor was out of Rome who took the role of hosting games in the colosseum?	3
from 277 to 281 Emperor Probus defeated several enemies before returning to Rome for a Triumph. Would his army have kept all the slaves they took and sold them when they got home, or would they have sold them as they went along?	3
how much of the roman empire still declared loyalty to Maxentius in 310?	3
Did any Greek/Roman philosophers speak to the possibility of other inhabited worlds existing besides this one? If so what do they say about the notion?	3
suppose you suggested to a American living 200 years ago, that in all likelihood a black man raised in the same environment as a rich white person would be just as intellectually capable as a typical rich white person. would he have likely conceded to that?	3