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Diocletian is famous for being the first Roman emperor to retire, but were there any others?

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Why on earth would Bartolomeo Cavaceppi rework a classical statue into the likeness of Emperor Galba who only reigned for a few months during the year of the four emperors?

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Why is Plethon credited for reintroducing the west to Plato in the 1400s when people like Dante knew of Plato even in the 1300s.

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Do we know who the leaders of the Blues and Greens were during the Nika riots?

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Where did Cato the elder get his red hair from

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How did people in the Roman world react to news of the first cases of plague?

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What were the main raw and finished materials produced by the medieval byzantine empire?

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Why did the Romans layer bricks and stone in their construction?

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Source of the Hunnish Gothic war in the Hervarar saga

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Population of 6th century Milan and Rome

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Diocletian is famous for being the first Roman emperor to retire, but were there any others?	6
Why on earth would Bartolomeo Cavaceppi rework a classical statue into the likeness of Emperor Galba who only reigned for a few months during the year of the four emperors?	6
Why is Plethon credited for reintroducing the west to Plato in the 1400s when people like Dante knew of Plato even in the 1300s.	5
Do we know who the leaders of the Blues and Greens were during the Nika riots?	5
Where did Cato the elder get his red hair from	5
How did people in the Roman world react to news of the first cases of plague?	5
What were the main raw and finished materials produced by the medieval byzantine empire?	5
Why did the Romans layer bricks and stone in their construction?	5
Source of the Hunnish Gothic war in the Hervarar saga	4
Population of 6th century Milan and Rome	4