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What do we know about the mechanisms of integration of the Lombard warrior-aristocracy into the wider senatorial class of Post-Roman Italy?

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Did Constantinople have any celebrations around 1330 in light of the millennium that passed since its re-dedication by Constantine?

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How did imperial Roman palaces evolve architecturally between the principate of Augustus and the later East Roman/Byzantine Empire?

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I'm looking for reading recommendations for Iron Age Italy, anyone know where a good starting point would be?

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Did the Ottoman Empire adopt significant structures of the Late Byzantine state following the conquest of Constantinople? Was there any significant state continuity?

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What was daily life like for a King during the Anglo-Saxon era and the Heptarchy?

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How was the Vandalic Kingdom (a "Germanic" tribal confederation, nowhere near coastlines) able to establish itself as the predominant naval power in the Mediterranean in such a short amount of time?

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What would daily life be like for an aristocrat in Ravenna during the peak of the Ostrogothic Kingdom in the 6th century? How different was this during the declining years of the Western Roman Empire?

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Did the Ottoman Empire adopt significant structures of the Late Byzantine state following the conquest of Constantinople?

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How did Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy survive his execution by Theodoric the Great?

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What do we know about the mechanisms of integration of the Lombard warrior-aristocracy into the wider senatorial class of Post-Roman Italy?	15
Did Constantinople have any celebrations around 1330 in light of the millennium that passed since its re-dedication by Constantine?	13
How did imperial Roman palaces evolve architecturally between the principate of Augustus and the later East Roman/Byzantine Empire?	12
I'm looking for reading recommendations for Iron Age Italy, anyone know where a good starting point would be?	9
Did the Ottoman Empire adopt significant structures of the Late Byzantine state following the conquest of Constantinople? Was there any significant state continuity?	9
What was daily life like for a King during the Anglo-Saxon era and the Heptarchy?	8
How was the Vandalic Kingdom (a "Germanic" tribal confederation, nowhere near coastlines) able to establish itself as the predominant naval power in the Mediterranean in such a short amount of time?	6
What would daily life be like for an aristocrat in Ravenna during the peak of the Ostrogothic Kingdom in the 6th century? How different was this during the declining years of the Western Roman Empire?	6
Did the Ottoman Empire adopt significant structures of the Late Byzantine state following the conquest of Constantinople?	6
How did Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy survive his execution by Theodoric the Great?	5