/u/Elphinstone1842's posts

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How did Hannibal keep his largely mercenary army so loyal throughout over a decade of difficult campaigning while other Carthaginian commanders struggled with that, most famously in the Mercenary War and later the defection of Masinissa?	51	AskHistorians
[WP] Two soldiers get separated from their units during a chaotic battle and take refuge together. Then they find out they are on opposite sides.	47	WritingPrompts
Catharism was a militant heresy that gained strong support in Southern France in the 13th century before being suppressed in the two decade Albigensian Crusade. Two or three centuries later, Southern France again became a bastion of militant religious heresy with French Huguenots. Any connection?	45	AskHistorians
Why did Nero have a strange neckbeard in the 1st century when no other Roman emperor was depicted with a beard at all until Hadrian in the 2nd century, and even then it was a full and normal kempt looking beard? Did Nero just not care about his appearance even in statues?	42	AskHistorians
The book The Shakespeare Stealer is about people who secretly watch live performances of Shakespeare and copy down the lines in cursive so other theater companies can perform the plays since there is no such thing as copyright. Is this historical? How did Shakespeare make money from his plays?	37	AskHistorians
How much of the Jacobite rebellions in the British Isles from the late 17th-early 18th century was based on principled support for restoring the Catholic Stuart monarchy, and how much was a pretext for advancing Irish and Scottish nationalism against England?	36	AskHistorians
Is there evidence of widespread sexual abuse in the Catholic Church prior to 20th century?	35	AskHistorians
The 12th century nun Hildegard of Bingen drew diagrams of "fiery cosmic eggs" that appear to resemble a female vagina. Was this intentional and what was the social context/significance of it?	32	AskHistorians
Adolf Hitler seems to have been sexually restrained and even puritanical in his personal life and views on sex. Is there any indication that he disapproved of the notorious sexual profligacy of high-ranking Nazis like Heinrich Himmler and Reinhard Heydrich?	29	AskHistorians
How reliable is August Kubizek's account of his friendship with the young Adolf Hitler before WWI considered to be?	27	AskHistorians

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