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At school I was taught that the Romans thought Britain would be a push over because the native tribes were too busy constantly fighting each other, to respond to external threats. Is there much/any evidence of this having been the case before the Romans came?	2
why didn't pubs and/or bars exist in pre-roman Britain?	2
were the citizens of the other Greek city states particularly resentful towards Macedonia in the 3rd and early 2nd century BC?	2
there's a bit in Schindler’s List where the doctor in Ghetto hospital gives the patience drugs to put them out before the soldiers come into shoot them. Would the people in the Ghetto have been attended by doctors who were Jews them selves because that's what the scene implies?	1
Suppose its 1702 and I'm a reasonably wealthy Englishmen and I want to get to ....the Shetland islands (or any of the smaller islands in the British isles) for some reason (maybe I'm a naturalist & I want to study the wildlife there). How do I go about getting a ship to take me there?	1
There's an episode of Boardwalk Empire set on Easter Sunday. There's a bit in it where an Italian Gangsters is shown eating a roast goat head with his family, in the audio commentary they say it was based on a real Italian easter tradition. Is that true?	1
it's 1844, you are a japanese peasant farmer who has just discovered a bear on or near your land. what do you do about it?	1
Suppose you're an Englishman in 1717 and you want to travel to Shetland for some reason, like suppose you're a naturalist and want to see the wildlife there. how do you go about finding a ship to take you there?	1
how would life in the roman provinces have been harder/different as a result of the crisis of the third century?	1
I read that Shakespeare wasn't preformed in North America until the mid 18th century. Before that in the early 18th century (like around 1700 to 1710) would Shakespeare's work have been well known to the English speaking colonists there?	1

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