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I was surprised to find out that apparently Mussolini was an avid reader and even considered an intellectual by some contemporaries – whereas today I feel he is often seen as quite simple-minded. How did this image change take place after the war? Has his image even changed at all?	4733
[Repost] It is the year 487. I, a Roman citizen, am ordered by Odoacer to leave my home province of Raetia (i.e. Southern Bavaria) and head for Italy. Why is this and what happens next?	2788
Imagine an ordinary person from Italy in 400 AD. Would he/she be able to understand someone living in the same place around 600 AD or even 800 AD, respectively?	128
Did the Battle of Talas (751) cause nomadic tribes such as Cumans, Pechenegs, Seljuks, even Magyars to migrate west in the long run?	88
It is the year 487. I, a Roman citizen, am ordered by Odoacer to leave my home province of Raetia (i.e. Southern Bavaria) and head for Italy. Why is this and what happens next?	64
Was the infamous battle of Talas (751) really as important as contemporary popular history wants us to believe?	52
In 1984 the BBC aired "Threads", a movie grimly depicting nuclear war and its aftermath through the eyes of an average young couple. Do we know what leading UK politicians thought about it at that time?	50
The "Tropaeum Alpium" near modern day Monaco mentions no less than 45 tribes that the Romans defeated during their campaign to subjugate the Alps. But, seen through Roman eyes, what exactly made up a "tribe" – and why wasn't the monument built in Rome itself?	27
Austrian Freiherr Johann Joseph von Semlin (1736-1824) is reported to have been the youngest son of Nadir Shah, founder of the Persian Afsharid dynasty, who had been brought to Europe by loyalists after his father and his brothers had been assassinated. Is there any truth to his claim?	19
Yesterday burglars stole a large gold coin hoard from a museum that had been excavated in the Celtic oppidum of Manching (Germany). Besides the mere material value, what was the hoard's historic significance? What did historians learn from it?	13

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