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as I understand in 308 or 309 the city Rome was facing famine because the grain supply from Carthage was cut off. Would the Romans have still tried to hold the feasts and festivals that were supposed to take place at the the end or of December, in spite of the lack of actual food to feast on?	15
in the historical Novel I just read there's a bit where the Praetorian Guard are rioting through the city of Rome (circa AD238). To avoid getting killed, robbed, or raped, Roman families hide in the temples. Would that really have kept them safe?	15
You know how "Augustus" and "Caesar" slowly morphed into titles despite having originally been names. Is that unique history? If "no" can you give me another example of a name turning into a title?	15
were there many/any people in the United States who were resentful of the government spending money to help Japan rebuild after the war?	15
There’s two gothic churches near where I live (in Staffordshire), one was built in 1758 & other 1870. I always thought they looked really similar & I use to get their names confused. is there any way to tell which belongs to which period from looking at their architecture (see details for images)?	15
historically when Totalitarian governments have tried to claim recent history took place differently than in actually did, are they usually believed by most their people?	15
would there have been feral dogs in Rome?	15
You know the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. In the middle ages (in England) how unusual would it have been for a farmer to accept something (allegedly) valuable in trade for an animal at market, rather than money?	15
There’s a bit in Emperor (2012 film about the occupation Japan) where MacArthur is worried about snipers but he takes Bonner Fellers’s (&just Fellers) word for it that they won’t shoot if they’d be ordered to surrender. Was he really that highly trusted with regard to knowledge of Japanese culture?	15
There’s a scene in I, Claudius where a Greek doctor chastises Claudius for not getting enough exercise. Is that anachronistic? Did people in Ancient Greece/Rome know exercise had positive health benefits?	15

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