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What is Roman Comedy?

Roman Comedy There are very few plays extant from this period of Ancient Comedy The only complete Romans Comic plays that we have are twenty plays by Plautus and six plays by Terence (these authors were writ...
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What was the Cursus Honorum?

The Cursus Honorum The Cursus Honorum or “course of offices” was the “greasy pole” of the Roman political world. It was designed for men of senatorial rank. It spelled out the sequential order of offices tha...
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Why is Pluto not a planet any more?

When astronomers discovered Pluto in 1930, they were excited to announce it as the 9th planet in the solar system. The problem is, back then we didn't know that Pluto is just one of many objects floating in ...
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Where does the quadratic equation come from?

This is a quick derivation of the quadratic formula for an GCSE Maths students looking to stretch themselves a little and go for that A*! If we have a general quadratic equation: ax 2 +bx+c=0 (eq1) You will ...
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Why there are multiple pronounciations for one single character in Japanese?

In Japanese writing and reading system there are two different ways to read Chinese Kanji characters: 訓読み ( kun yomi ) and 音読み ( on yomi ). Historically kun yomi is used as a way to mark the vernacular words...
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