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Did the Byzantines ever acknowledge the apparent contradiction of continuing to think of themselves as Romans without holding the city of Rome?

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Flogging in the British Army - a profoundly unjust and hated punishment, or an accepted part of military discipline?

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Were there plans for a military coup against Harold Wilson's Labour government in the 1970s?

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How long does someone have to remain on immunosuppressants for after receiving a transplant?

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In 1588, the “Spanish Barn” at Torquay held 397 prisoners of war that had survived the Spanish Armada. Do we know what happened to them and if they ever made it home?

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Wikipedia claims that a Roman expedition sent by Nero made it 1,500 miles up the Nile, as far as modern South Sudan, before having to turn back, but its sourcing seems dubious. Could and did the Romans explore that far?

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When was the last occasion that Britain and France seriously considered the other to be a potential enemy?

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We all know about the resistance movements in World War II, but what about in World War I? Were there partisans fighting in German-occupied France, Belgium, and Russia?

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The Soviet defector Oleg Gordievsky claimed that former British Labour Party leader Michael Foot was a KGB agent. Was he correct?

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How did the air defence systems of World War II compare?

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Did the Byzantines ever acknowledge the apparent contradiction of continuing to think of themselves as Romans without holding the city of Rome?	16	AskHistorians
Flogging in the British Army - a profoundly unjust and hated punishment, or an accepted part of military discipline?	15	AskHistorians
Were there plans for a military coup against Harold Wilson's Labour government in the 1970s?	14	AskHistorians
How long does someone have to remain on immunosuppressants for after receiving a transplant?	13	askscience
In 1588, the “Spanish Barn” at Torquay held 397 prisoners of war that had survived the Spanish Armada. Do we know what happened to them and if they ever made it home?	13	AskHistorians
Wikipedia claims that a Roman expedition sent by Nero made it 1,500 miles up the Nile, as far as modern South Sudan, before having to turn back, but its sourcing seems dubious. Could and did the Romans explore that far?	13	AskHistorians
When was the last occasion that Britain and France seriously considered the other to be a potential enemy?	12	AskHistorians
We all know about the resistance movements in World War II, but what about in World War I? Were there partisans fighting in German-occupied France, Belgium, and Russia?	12	AskHistorians
The Soviet defector Oleg Gordievsky claimed that former British Labour Party leader Michael Foot was a KGB agent. Was he correct?	12	AskHistorians
How did the air defence systems of World War II compare?	11	AskHistorians