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How were the proscriptions of Sulla and the second triumvirate addressed in contemporary or near-contemporary culture? Were they regarded as significant black marks against the perpetrators? Did they become common after this point?	6
In honor of turkey day, how big of a celebrity was Benjamin Franklin in Europe?	6
Was Henry VIII's expectation that he'd be granted an annulment in line with the Catholic church's usual handling of royal marriages of the era?	6
It's 1848 in northern California, and the local sheriff in our growing boomtown has died; how do we go about replacing him?	6
Is Foucault regarded as a historian or something else? How influential has he been?	6
Through the 2nd half of the 20th century, there was bipartisan consensus on US foreign policy- there were disagreements about specific issues, but there was general agreement about the US's role in the world; is this typical for an 'empire'? Did the same thing exist in Britain in the 19th century?	6
In Mindhunter, the consulting research psychologist refers to the tendency of CEOs to be psychopaths. Were psychologists aware of this link as far back as the 1970s? Was any work published on it?	6
As I understand it, Julius Caesar inserted a curse clause in his agrarian reforms of 59 BCE to prevent his actions being undone when he left office. Were Romans unusually superstitious for their time? Did this actually work? Do we have any reactions from his fellow Senators on this precaution?	6
How did we arrive at the seven-day week? Is it universal through history?	6
When US Commodore Matthew Perry initiated the opening of Japan in 1853, ending over 200 years of Japanese segregation from the West, how was the decision justified? Was he following orders or acting on his own initiative?	6

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