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Were Romans given their abbreviated names (IE "Majorian" instead of "Flavius Iulius Valerius Maiorianus Augustus") at birth along with their full names, or did the child come up with the abbreviation themselves when they started socialising (IE like modern nicknames)?	13
in movies and TV shows ancient near eastern/north african cities are often depicted as being full of homeless beggars & street urchins. would not such people have been taken into slavery?	13
were the crew of USS Pueblo treated better or worse than native North Korean political prisoners were in the late 1960s?	13
In primary school (2001) I was taught that English peasants were exploited less before the Norman invasion because the Saxon aristocracy were more closely related (in the cultural & familial sense) to the people they were ruling over. How true is that idea?	13
Were bronze smiths wealthy by the standards of Egypt, Greece or the other urban societies around that general area in the Bronze Age?	13
Would the equipment the Roman army used (bows, swords, armour, etc) have been made by people actually in the Military, or by private contractors?	13
what was Egypt's main mediterranean port before Alexandria was built?	13
you know the way the camp guards in Schindler's List act (IE acting like killing the jews is nothing to them). Is that authentic or exaggerated at all? if it isn't exaggerated how did the Nazis get people into a mind state where they were comfortable doing that kind of thing?	13
the Urban Cohort and the Praetorian Guard (IE the Roman troops stationed in Rome it's self), When they weren't on duty did they live in barracks, or were they allowed to dwell in the city & have familes?	13
how did people in Europe in the 16th century believe the natives had originally gotten to the New world? Did people in 16th century Europe believe all humans were from the old world originally?	13

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