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What exactly was a Roman king? Since their kingship wasn't hereditary what exactly defined it in opposition to a dictator-for-life or a tyrant?
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Is there a critical time window for puberty? If you gave a eunuch, who was castrated pre-puberty, hormone supplements late in development would he undergo puberty or gain a sex drive?
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Did nomadic pastoralism (as opposed to subsistence hunting) ever develop in the Americas prior to European colonization?
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Reading the biographies of Sengoku-era warlords, I notice often their concubines were of seemingly noble heritage. Was giving your daughter away as a concubine not seen as a dishonor to either her family or the woman herself?
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By what process were free peasants of Antiquity reduced to serfdom in the Medieval period? Was there any resistance to the erosion of rights?
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Much of the Balkans once spoke Latin but now speak Slavic languages. In areas where Slavic nobles ruled this is understandable - but what happened in Ragusa/Dubrovnik? How did a Romance-speaking population with strong commercial ties to Italy end up changing its language to Croatian?
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Why do cougars/mountain lions not feature more often in colonial American iconography and art? Why wasn't a large cat considered an impressive beast?
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What is the largest subject population Rome ever acquired in a war? Did Rome ever struggle with enforcing its laws and extracting taxes from an area after it had officially conquered it?
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