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when did it stop being possible to spend (Western) Roman Empire money in the city of Rome?	7
In the dying days of the Roman Empire would the clergy in Rome have gone to the Baths and bathed nude with all the other men?	7
HBO Rome theres a bit where the king of Bithynia says he wants to see roman show in which women are raped by baboons, Cassius suggests he train his own, but the king says his kingdom has none. Ignoring the weirdness, could the real king of Bithynia have not easily got baboons from a beast merchant?	7
I read on Wikipedia that in early 1110s the Isle of Man (& other islands part of the same kingdom) expelled their king & it was a few years before someone else claimed the title. In that time who (if anyone) would have taken care of the business of governing & taxing the peasantry?	7
When Tiberius Gracchus was concocting his land reforms he was possibly less than 30. Was it unusual in Rome, as it is now, for noted politicians to be so young?	7
Had tea been cultivated by 1950BC?	7
if the Edo period was so peaceful does that mean most Katana produced during it were never used in combat? if "yes" did that equate to a drop in general quality compared to the Sengoku period?	7
to what extent (if any) and in what manor (if any) did the classical Greeks believe gender influenced intelligence?	7
when did it become (if it ever wasn't) legally possible for a women to become president of the united states?	7
you know how much the plot of king Kong revolves around going to an uncharted island. by 1933 had we charted the entire pacific? if "yes" would most American movie patrons know that or not?	7

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