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I've heard that gladiators sometimes endorsed products before their fights; what kind of products would they endorse? Is there a way to determine these endorsements were actually efficacious?

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During the Punic Wars, there were a lot of people in the Carthaginian side named Hamilcar and Hasdrubal that were not of relation to Hannibal’s family; the Italian side had a lot of different people named Scipio. Were there naming practices that lead to this abundance of the same names?

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Is there any surviving Norse poetry that addresses the battles between the vikings and Alfred the Great?

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How was gold determined to be the highest valued piece of coin money?

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How did Mary Queen of Scots' claim to the throne supersede Queen Elizabeth I?

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Is there any surviving Norse poetry that addresses the battles between the vikings and Alfred the Great?

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How long would it have taken for new weapons, armor, and strategies to become universal?

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What maneuvers were war elephants capable of learning and executing?

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How were criminal records compiled or kept in ancient Egypt?

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Herodotus, as a man who loved the flashy story, probably picked the most exciting tale of how Cyrus the Great died; are there other theories that seem more probable nowadays?

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I've heard that gladiators sometimes endorsed products before their fights; what kind of products would they endorse? Is there a way to determine these endorsements were actually efficacious?	1155	AskHistorians
During the Punic Wars, there were a lot of people in the Carthaginian side named Hamilcar and Hasdrubal that were not of relation to Hannibal’s family; the Italian side had a lot of different people named Scipio. Were there naming practices that lead to this abundance of the same names?	39	AskHistorians
Is there any surviving Norse poetry that addresses the battles between the vikings and Alfred the Great?	16	AskHistorians
How was gold determined to be the highest valued piece of coin money?	7	AskHistorians
How did Mary Queen of Scots' claim to the throne supersede Queen Elizabeth I?	6	AskHistorians
Is there any surviving Norse poetry that addresses the battles between the vikings and Alfred the Great?	5	AskHistorians
How long would it have taken for new weapons, armor, and strategies to become universal?	5	AskHistorians
What maneuvers were war elephants capable of learning and executing?	3	AskHistorians
How were criminal records compiled or kept in ancient Egypt?	3	AskHistorians
Herodotus, as a man who loved the flashy story, probably picked the most exciting tale of how Cyrus the Great died; are there other theories that seem more probable nowadays?	2	AskHistorians