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How far was Justinian's reconquest of formerly Roman provinces in the West useful to the Eastern Roman Empire in material terms?

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Why were Late Antique bishops so often hostile to itinerant monks and "holy men"?

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How and why did the practice of employing "Barbarian" minorities as specific units into the Roman army come about - and how significant was it a factor in the Western Roman Empire's problems in dealing with the various incursions of the early 5th century?

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How far is the idea that Jacobitism in England was conclusively defeated after 1745 informed by hindsight as opposed to contemporary opinion?

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How far was Machiavelli a critic of Christianity?

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Why were the Vandals so unaccommodating to Roman custom while in North Africa when other Barbarian successor states to the Western Roman Empire (i.e. the Ostrogoths) were far more adaptive?

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How far did the Whigs enjoy a societal as well as political hegemony in the eighteenth century?

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How did the bible come to be what it is today?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How far was Justinian's reconquest of formerly Roman provinces in the West useful to the Eastern Roman Empire in material terms?	139
Why were Late Antique bishops so often hostile to itinerant monks and "holy men"?	65
How and why did the practice of employing "Barbarian" minorities as specific units into the Roman army come about - and how significant was it a factor in the Western Roman Empire's problems in dealing with the various incursions of the early 5th century?	63
How far is the idea that Jacobitism in England was conclusively defeated after 1745 informed by hindsight as opposed to contemporary opinion?	26
How far was Machiavelli a critic of Christianity?	19
Why were the Vandals so unaccommodating to Roman custom while in North Africa when other Barbarian successor states to the Western Roman Empire (i.e. the Ostrogoths) were far more adaptive?	18
How far did the Whigs enjoy a societal as well as political hegemony in the eighteenth century?	6
How did the bible come to be what it is today?	2