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the last (western) Roman governor in Gaul, Syagrius, inherited the position from his father Aegidius. Was it at all normal for Roman governors to pass on their position to family members after they die?

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In 1314 would the upper classes of the Byzantine Empire have believed they were literally descended from the ancient Romans of almost 2000 years earlier, or were they aware it was just a cultural inheritance?

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I'm Given to understanding that in the late Middle Ages the Ottomans were relatively tolerant non Muslims practicing their religions within the Empire. Did the Islamic religious leaders in the Ottoman empire often/ever object to that policy?

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What's highest rank ever attained by a drafted soldier?

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in the medieval byzantine empire would it have been socially acceptable for the emperor or a major aristocrat to have Mistress he took out in public?

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Suppose it's 1116 in England and I ask a catholic priest "can people have sex in heaven?" What do you think he'd say?

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suppose you're in Constantinople in around AD 1100 and you go to an apothecary shop. what "medicines" on sale (if any) would have actually had any medicinal value?

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suppose it's 1818 and I am a Native American man in the Southern united states. What would happen if I walked into a town tried to register to vote?

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2000 years ago Troy was still inhabited, were the Romans aware that it was the site of Homer's poem?

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Why were there no medieval Eropean cities with a population as a high as first century Rome?

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the last (western) Roman governor in Gaul, Syagrius, inherited the position from his father Aegidius. Was it at all normal for Roman governors to pass on their position to family members after they die?	60	AskHistorians
In 1314 would the upper classes of the Byzantine Empire have believed they were literally descended from the ancient Romans of almost 2000 years earlier, or were they aware it was just a cultural inheritance?	60	AskHistorians
I'm Given to understanding that in the late Middle Ages the Ottomans were relatively tolerant non Muslims practicing their religions within the Empire. Did the Islamic religious leaders in the Ottoman empire often/ever object to that policy?	60	AskHistorians
What's highest rank ever attained by a drafted soldier?	60	AskHistorians
in the medieval byzantine empire would it have been socially acceptable for the emperor or a major aristocrat to have Mistress he took out in public?	60	AskHistorians
Suppose it's 1116 in England and I ask a catholic priest "can people have sex in heaven?" What do you think he'd say?	59	AskHistorians
suppose you're in Constantinople in around AD 1100 and you go to an apothecary shop. what "medicines" on sale (if any) would have actually had any medicinal value?	59	AskHistorians
suppose it's 1818 and I am a Native American man in the Southern united states. What would happen if I walked into a town tried to register to vote?	59	AskHistorians
2000 years ago Troy was still inhabited, were the Romans aware that it was the site of Homer's poem?	58	AskHistorians
Why were there no medieval Eropean cities with a population as a high as first century Rome?	58	AskHistorians