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How were roman armies to tell themselves apart in civil war combat?

1353 upvotes • prettyinpinkpanther1

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Charles V eventually partitioned his possessions because it was too much to rule them all. What kinds of struggles led him to this decision?

1353 upvotes • Khundes

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How did the Nazis reconcile being Christian with the fact that Jesus was ethnically Jewish?

1352 upvotes • Euralos

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Did ordinary people in roman empire shave?

1352 upvotes • cacadorcoletor

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When the Strasbourg Agreement of 1675 banned poisoned bullets - how did people poison bullets? Was it common?

1352 upvotes • Sanglorian

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When and why did people stop being Knighted for combat, and start being Knighted for...managing a football club?

1351 upvotes • AlexLong1000

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Has DNA evidence ever revealed that a monarch's heir was actually not his biological offspring?

1351 upvotes • ertebolle

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During WW2 why didnt the Germans just "share" their tank designs to Allies like Italy and Japan rather then having spend spend time and resources developing their own?

1351 upvotes • Doncuneo

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Could a slave owner arbitrarily confiscate the wealth of a slave saving up to buy their freedom? (Scope: Antebellum US, British & French Caribbean, Roman Republic/Empire)

1348 upvotes • BatCountryTourist

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Apostrophes used to spell Irish names in newspapers in the 19th to mid 20th centuries. (M'Carthy, M'Clellan)

1348 upvotes • Joshubruh

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How were roman armies to tell themselves apart in civil war combat?	1353	prettyinpinkpanther1
Charles V eventually partitioned his possessions because it was too much to rule them all. What kinds of struggles led him to this decision?	1353	Khundes
How did the Nazis reconcile being Christian with the fact that Jesus was ethnically Jewish?	1352	Euralos
Did ordinary people in roman empire shave?	1352	cacadorcoletor
When the Strasbourg Agreement of 1675 banned poisoned bullets - how did people poison bullets? Was it common?	1352	Sanglorian
When and why did people stop being Knighted for combat, and start being Knighted for...managing a football club?	1351	AlexLong1000
Has DNA evidence ever revealed that a monarch's heir was actually not his biological offspring?	1351	ertebolle
During WW2 why didnt the Germans just "share" their tank designs to Allies like Italy and Japan rather then having spend spend time and resources developing their own?	1351	Doncuneo
Could a slave owner arbitrarily confiscate the wealth of a slave saving up to buy their freedom? (Scope: Antebellum US, British & French Caribbean, Roman Republic/Empire)	1348	BatCountryTourist
Apostrophes used to spell Irish names in newspapers in the 19th to mid 20th centuries. (M'Carthy, M'Clellan)	1348	Joshubruh