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We have lots of surviving letters from Roman soldiers stationed in Britain or Egypt requesting items from their families. How would those items be sent? Was there a Roman postal service?

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How extensive, regular and reliable were information networks in pre-Roman Gaul, Germania, Dacia, Britain etc.?

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What kind of boats would have been used in Roman Britain? Did the Romans construct Mediterranean-style biremes and triremes or did they adopt indigenous boat designs?

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The Nazis tried to raise Waffen-SS units from POWs of a number of enemy nations (British, Russian, French, Indian etc). Was there ever an attempt to raise an SS unit from American POWs?

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To what extent did tropical stimulants (coffee, tea, tobacco, chocolate...) have an impact on European industrialization?

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What is the worst academic article or book you have ever read?

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Is there any philosopher or school of philosophical thought that influences your research or writing?

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We often get threads asking for the best books to read for a particular subject, but what are the WORST sources in your field?

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Quantifying History: can quantitative data be used to explain historical processes, as this article suggests? (link inside)

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Where did the Slavs come from? How did they manage to spread out over so much of Eastern Europe?

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We have lots of surviving letters from Roman soldiers stationed in Britain or Egypt requesting items from their families. How would those items be sent? Was there a Roman postal service?	33
How extensive, regular and reliable were information networks in pre-Roman Gaul, Germania, Dacia, Britain etc.?	32
What kind of boats would have been used in Roman Britain? Did the Romans construct Mediterranean-style biremes and triremes or did they adopt indigenous boat designs?	30
The Nazis tried to raise Waffen-SS units from POWs of a number of enemy nations (British, Russian, French, Indian etc). Was there ever an attempt to raise an SS unit from American POWs?	27
To what extent did tropical stimulants (coffee, tea, tobacco, chocolate...) have an impact on European industrialization?	24
What is the worst academic article or book you have ever read?	24
Is there any philosopher or school of philosophical thought that influences your research or writing?	20
We often get threads asking for the best books to read for a particular subject, but what are the WORST sources in your field?	20
Quantifying History: can quantitative data be used to explain historical processes, as this article suggests? (link inside)	19
Where did the Slavs come from? How did they manage to spread out over so much of Eastern Europe?	18