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When did Gladiatorial combat stop being popular entertainment in either the Western or Eastern Roman Empirer?

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Did people in Britain in the 1960s & early 1970s (before Margaret Thatcher became PM in 1975) believe that unions were too powerful?

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when did people in New England start thinking of themselves as Americas rather then English?

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what did the medieval Christians think of the references to the Greek gods in Homer's work?

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When did stereotype of southerners being backwards and stupid come about?

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In AD 700 England was divided up into several Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Did they all speak mutually intelligible languages?

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A while back someone on this sub told me Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon Church, had a reputation for making up fanciful stories when he was a child. I believe the comment was removed, but I still want to ask if it's true?

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What did people (in Europe) feed babies who were too old for breast milk, before mass produced baby food was a thing?

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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)?

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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?

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When did Gladiatorial combat stop being popular entertainment in either the Western or Eastern Roman Empirer?	14	AskHistorians
Did people in Britain in the 1960s & early 1970s (before Margaret Thatcher became PM in 1975) believe that unions were too powerful?	14	AskHistorians
when did people in New England start thinking of themselves as Americas rather then English?	14	AskHistorians
what did the medieval Christians think of the references to the Greek gods in Homer's work?	14	AskHistorians
When did stereotype of southerners being backwards and stupid come about?	14	AskHistorians
In AD 700 England was divided up into several Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Did they all speak mutually intelligible languages?	14	AskHistorians
A while back someone on this sub told me Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon Church, had a reputation for making up fanciful stories when he was a child. I believe the comment was removed, but I still want to ask if it's true?	14	AskHistorians
What did people (in Europe) feed babies who were too old for breast milk, before mass produced baby food was a thing?	14	AskHistorians
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	AskHistorians
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	AskHistorians