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Romulus Augustulus was the last emperor of Rome. He was exiled (476ish)and eventually fades from history. Were there any roman loyalist movements to try and reestablish the empire with a new emperor? A kind of roman 5th column

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What event, invention, calamity.... Marks the passing of the ancient period into the middles ages period. Like wise the middle to the Renaissance.

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What happened to the German athletes who lost during my the Nazis held Olympics? It was supposed to prove Aryan superiority, but there were some serious losses such as the 200m against Jesse Owens.

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Do we know of any serial killers in ancient Rome. We seem to know a fair amount of their legal system. I've heard of nervous crimes which were documented. But I haven't seen anything about serial killers. Seems like their would be a lot of documentation with something like this.

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How long did the funerary temples last around the pyramids (egypt)? Was there a reason? It seems like a massive and important object they were, that they would have kept it up.

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What happened to the horses after the invention of the car? Were they killed?

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Did anything useful ever come out of the horrific experiments the Nazis conducted in the concentration camp?

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The number zero wasn't fully 'discovere' by the egyptians until 1770 BC. How did the express numbers such as '50' without using a 0?

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Romulus Augustulus was the last emperor of Rome. He was exiled (476ish)and eventually fades from history. Were there any roman loyalist movements to try and reestablish the empire with a new emperor? A kind of roman 5th column	2
What event, invention, calamity.... Marks the passing of the ancient period into the middles ages period. Like wise the middle to the Renaissance.	1
What happened to the German athletes who lost during my the Nazis held Olympics? It was supposed to prove Aryan superiority, but there were some serious losses such as the 200m against Jesse Owens.	1
Do we know of any serial killers in ancient Rome. We seem to know a fair amount of their legal system. I've heard of nervous crimes which were documented. But I haven't seen anything about serial killers. Seems like their would be a lot of documentation with something like this.	1
How long did the funerary temples last around the pyramids (egypt)? Was there a reason? It seems like a massive and important object they were, that they would have kept it up.	1
What happened to the horses after the invention of the car? Were they killed?	0
Did anything useful ever come out of the horrific experiments the Nazis conducted in the concentration camp?	0
The number zero wasn't fully 'discovere' by the egyptians until 1770 BC. How did the express numbers such as '50' without using a 0?	0