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In AD 300 did the people who just beyond Hadrian’s wall (IE in the northern part of what is now Northumberland) Trade with the Romans much? ...or was the relationship more adversarial?

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what farm animals and crops would the people north of Hadrian's wall in the 3rd century, have raised and grown?

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how did a violent change of emperor actually effect normal life in the roman provinces (if at all)?

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When the Vandals took over the farm land in North Africa, Did the (western) Roman empire have to stop giving out free bread to the poor citizens of Rome?

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in the History of Rome Podcast Mike Duncan describes the persecution of the Goths in Western Roman empire (IE right before they sacked Rome in 410) as an attempted Genocide. Do you think it's accurate to call it that?

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Why hasn't Millet been grown in Japan in the last thousand years or so?

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in one of his books David Graeber asserts that cross dressing was socially acceptable in ancient mesopotamia. Is that true?

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would all the unskilled laborers in Rome (circa AD150) have been slaves? did day laborers exist back then?

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"He hath brought many captives home to Rome, Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill" Was Shakespeare genuinely unaware that most of the Gallic "captives" Caesar sent to Rome just became slaves, rather than being "ransomed" & send back to their homeland?

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In the Audio Commentary on the HBO Rome season 1 DVD, The show's production staff claim that if a Roman man (IE Lucius Vorenus) didn't murder his wife for adultery, he'd face disgrace and derision in his community. Is that true?

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In AD 300 did the people who just beyond Hadrian’s wall (IE in the northern part of what is now Northumberland) Trade with the Romans much? ...or was the relationship more adversarial?	7
what farm animals and crops would the people north of Hadrian's wall in the 3rd century, have raised and grown?	7
how did a violent change of emperor actually effect normal life in the roman provinces (if at all)?	7
When the Vandals took over the farm land in North Africa, Did the (western) Roman empire have to stop giving out free bread to the poor citizens of Rome?	7
in the History of Rome Podcast Mike Duncan describes the persecution of the Goths in Western Roman empire (IE right before they sacked Rome in 410) as an attempted Genocide. Do you think it's accurate to call it that?	7
Why hasn't Millet been grown in Japan in the last thousand years or so?	7
in one of his books David Graeber asserts that cross dressing was socially acceptable in ancient mesopotamia. Is that true?	7
would all the unskilled laborers in Rome (circa AD150) have been slaves? did day laborers exist back then?	7
"He hath brought many captives home to Rome, Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill" Was Shakespeare genuinely unaware that most of the Gallic "captives" Caesar sent to Rome just became slaves, rather than being "ransomed" & send back to their homeland?	7
In the Audio Commentary on the HBO Rome season 1 DVD, The show's production staff claim that if a Roman man (IE Lucius Vorenus) didn't murder his wife for adultery, he'd face disgrace and derision in his community. Is that true?	7