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132 Questions

Did the Romans “copy” their political system from the Greeks?

Were slaves allowed to use the Roman baths?

Was smoking ever considered a throat cure?

Did FDR support Hoover for the presidency of the US in 1920?

Why were Roman dice elongated?

Why did Churchill accept the Order of the Garter in 1953?

Who were the candidates in the consular elections for 80 BC in Rome?

Who were the “tyrants” that Charles Martel “crushed”?

Was the ancient Roman King ( i.e. rex) elected for eight years?

What was the reaction of Western Communist Parties to Kruschev's 1956 speech denouncing Stalin?

Did Engels and Welles ever call for the extermination of Basques and Serbs?

Why did the Arab League re-admit Egypt in 1989?

Do British peers have a special way of signing their names?

What were acceptance criteria/process to the Vienna Fine Arts Academy in 1906-7?

Why were proconsular appointments so staggered under the Principate?

Why was health insurance not included in the Social Security Act of 1935?

The Rosenberg diary and the functionalist-intentionalist debate

Upper-class male cohabitation in mid-19th century USA

Why was A.K.Gastev purged in 1939?

Is Howard Roark's potted history of architecture accurate?

Is Malenkov wearing some sort of uniform in this picture?

When was the Passover Seder ritual formalized?

Were there rules about the number of retainers for the Achaemenid Empire?

Was the Byzantine follis larger than the Roman (and why, if yes)?

What was the currency in use in Palestine shortly before and during WWI?

What was the first assassination/murder recorded on film?

Was there continuity in the political elite between the Confederation Congress and the US Congress?

What exactly was the Philby Plan?

Why didn't Tiberius Gracchus seek the consulship?

Did the Taaffe family maintain an actual connection with Ireland during the 19th century?