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I've just been accepted into the Byzantine Cataphracts, say 554 CE, what rations, work load, pay would I expect, and what sorts of walks of life would my peers have come from? Especially in contrast to the infantrymen on the ground.

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How did early European explorers communicate with Native Americans.

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I've heard it said that the European tradition of drums as instruments came originally from cultural diffusion from Africa relatively late into human settlement there. Is there any veracity to that statement?

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Say I live in the middle ages, say 700-800 CE, and I live in a rural community. If I'm caught out in the woods, away from a path or road, what sort of survival skills would I be expected to have?

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In chapter 21 of the 1st book of De Gallico Belico, Caesar wrote that his second in command, Titus Labienus, had "Praetorian powers." What exactly would such powers entail, beyond him being second in command of Caesars governorship of Gaul?

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A question about Phoenician religion, context in the text.

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What sort of oil did armies in antiquity use to harden leather?

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Are there ancient depictions of PTSD?

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Roman siege warfare

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I've just been accepted into the Byzantine Cataphracts, say 554 CE, what rations, work load, pay would I expect, and what sorts of walks of life would my peers have come from? Especially in contrast to the infantrymen on the ground.	923
How did early European explorers communicate with Native Americans.	49
I've heard it said that the European tradition of drums as instruments came originally from cultural diffusion from Africa relatively late into human settlement there. Is there any veracity to that statement?	38
Say I live in the middle ages, say 700-800 CE, and I live in a rural community. If I'm caught out in the woods, away from a path or road, what sort of survival skills would I be expected to have?	15
In chapter 21 of the 1st book of De Gallico Belico, Caesar wrote that his second in command, Titus Labienus, had "Praetorian powers." What exactly would such powers entail, beyond him being second in command of Caesars governorship of Gaul?	10
A question about Phoenician religion, context in the text.	7
What sort of oil did armies in antiquity use to harden leather?	6
Are there ancient depictions of PTSD?	3
Roman siege warfare	3