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In The West Wing, President Bartlet says "two thousand years ago a Roman citizen could walk across the face of the known world free of the fear of molestation, cloaked only in the protection of the words civis Romanus -- I am a Roman citizen." Is this true?

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How do historians explain the fact that an ancient Roman statue was discovered in Mexico?

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This may be a silly question, but... what kind of humor did Nazi Germany endorse/fund (plays, movies, books, etc)?

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What kind of humor did people generally enjoy in the Roman Empire (say, around 0 BC). How did it differ from our humor in the modern world?

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Military medicine in the Roman Empire?

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What was the first known military alliance between two sovereign groups of people?

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In The West Wing, President Bartlet says "two thousand years ago a Roman citizen could walk across the face of the known world free of the fear of molestation, cloaked only in the protection of the words civis Romanus -- I am a Roman citizen." Is this true?	787
How do historians explain the fact that an ancient Roman statue was discovered in Mexico?	289
This may be a silly question, but... what kind of humor did Nazi Germany endorse/fund (plays, movies, books, etc)?	153
What kind of humor did people generally enjoy in the Roman Empire (say, around 0 BC). How did it differ from our humor in the modern world?	131
Military medicine in the Roman Empire?	3
What was the first known military alliance between two sovereign groups of people?	1