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Was Sparta really the ultra-militaristic city that we always see it depicted as?

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I am an average worker living in the city of Ur during the third dynasty, and I'm hungry. In a world without coinage, how do I pay for a quick meal at a street food stall in the marketplace?

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Did Roman teenagers (13-16) have a concept of "boyfriends/girlfriends" like we do today? Did teens ever hook up and date?

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In the 1945 novel Brideshead Revisited, Cousin Jasper casually notes that Anglo-Catholics are “all sodomites with unpleasant accents”. When and how did Anglo-Catholicism become so closely tied with overt or nearly overt homosexuality?

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How long have conspiracy theories (like chemtrails and the illuminati) been around? Were there any ancient conspiracy theorists who believed that their governments were out to get them for crazy reasons?

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I am a Romanized Samnite man living in Rome during the Social War. How might I be treated by other Romans?

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In the modern day, we often use math formulas that were devised by ancient Greeks, but they seem to blend so seamlessly with how we express other kinds of math. How did ancient Greeks talk about math? With x, y, abc, etc. like we do now?

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In Bronze Age (pre-1200 BC) Europe, Middle East, and Northern Africa, what role did priests play in society? Does it differ much from the role of modern priests? And how were priests organized?

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How were Roman historical figures viewed by Romans?

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Why didn't any Roman family names (gens) survive?

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Was Sparta really the ultra-militaristic city that we always see it depicted as?	578
I am an average worker living in the city of Ur during the third dynasty, and I'm hungry. In a world without coinage, how do I pay for a quick meal at a street food stall in the marketplace?	534
Did Roman teenagers (13-16) have a concept of "boyfriends/girlfriends" like we do today? Did teens ever hook up and date?	160
In the 1945 novel Brideshead Revisited, Cousin Jasper casually notes that Anglo-Catholics are “all sodomites with unpleasant accents”. When and how did Anglo-Catholicism become so closely tied with overt or nearly overt homosexuality?	64
How long have conspiracy theories (like chemtrails and the illuminati) been around? Were there any ancient conspiracy theorists who believed that their governments were out to get them for crazy reasons?	37
I am a Romanized Samnite man living in Rome during the Social War. How might I be treated by other Romans?	35
In the modern day, we often use math formulas that were devised by ancient Greeks, but they seem to blend so seamlessly with how we express other kinds of math. How did ancient Greeks talk about math? With x, y, abc, etc. like we do now?	28
In Bronze Age (pre-1200 BC) Europe, Middle East, and Northern Africa, what role did priests play in society? Does it differ much from the role of modern priests? And how were priests organized?	14
How were Roman historical figures viewed by Romans?	11
Why didn't any Roman family names (gens) survive?	7