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"they make a desolation and call it peace" why did Tacitus give that line to the Caledonian chief in his "history"? Why did he write a tirade against his own sociaty?

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what would I find in terms of people and how they lived if I went to Japan in 1100BC?

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If you were a boy and your dad was a Romen general would you be expected to go on campaign with him by the time you were into your teens?

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In Europe during the Middle Ages did bows (as in "bow and arrows" bows) improve over time? Would an English longbow made in 1337 likely be of better quality than one made in 937?

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was it possible for a person of a working class back ground to get into Oxbridge in 1890?

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when the Byzantines-Romans retook Italy in the 6th century did many/any Byzantine aristocrats actually move to Italy and reoccupy the estates in the countryside around Rome?

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Why didn't Thailand turn communists in the 20th century, where Korea and Vietnam did?

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what nationality would the remaining inhabitants of Rome in the 550s have thought of them selves as?

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How did the Celts go about dividing up farm land? Did they have a concept of land as property like the Romans or the English after enclosure?

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in the US was there much/any public call to restart the Korean war after the North took the USS Pueblo in 1968?

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"they make a desolation and call it peace" why did Tacitus give that line to the Caledonian chief in his "history"? Why did he write a tirade against his own sociaty?	21
what would I find in terms of people and how they lived if I went to Japan in 1100BC?	20
If you were a boy and your dad was a Romen general would you be expected to go on campaign with him by the time you were into your teens?	20
In Europe during the Middle Ages did bows (as in "bow and arrows" bows) improve over time? Would an English longbow made in 1337 likely be of better quality than one made in 937?	20
was it possible for a person of a working class back ground to get into Oxbridge in 1890?	20
when the Byzantines-Romans retook Italy in the 6th century did many/any Byzantine aristocrats actually move to Italy and reoccupy the estates in the countryside around Rome?	20
Why didn't Thailand turn communists in the 20th century, where Korea and Vietnam did?	20
what nationality would the remaining inhabitants of Rome in the 550s have thought of them selves as?	20
How did the Celts go about dividing up farm land? Did they have a concept of land as property like the Romans or the English after enclosure?	20
in the US was there much/any public call to restart the Korean war after the North took the USS Pueblo in 1968?	20