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What made the Roman Army so great that it is still being mentioned today?	21
The classical Western Roman Empire was highly revered and glorified throughout history that many empires wanted to copy or follow the continuation of the empire but when looking into the inner workings of the empire, we notice that it had many problems and oversights. So why was this the case?	21
Historical revisionism often gets a bad reputation because it is often intended with certain biases or agendas in mind. But were there any instances where historical revisionism actually helped in revising how we interpret history and how come this attitude is more directed towards WW2?	20
How do historians cope when they see inaccurate in "historical films"?	18
Our modern understanding of war is mostly influenced by recent conflicts and fiction that are often large and brutal. So when compared to previous wars before the modern era, why was the First World War so shocking at the time especially since some technologies were already present before the war?	17
Both Che Guevara and Mao Zedong were revolutionaries and supporters of Communism yet after the deaths, Che Guevara became a symbol associated with revolution or standing up against oppression, while Mao Zedong became a symbol more associated with oppression. Why is this the case?	16
What were the Native Americans' perspective of the American Revolution?	16
Certain Celtic symbols like the Celtic knot and the Celtic Spiral are given spiritual significance in the current era. But how accurate is this portrayal of the Celtic culture and what were their significances and uses by the Celtic people?	16
The reign of Commodus was very different from that of his father, Marcus Aurelius - the former is deemed as one of the worst Roman emperors, while the latter is deemed one of the best. What were the factors that made the reigns of these two people so different?	14
In its time, to what extent was the Holy Roman Empire considered a genuine continuation of or successor to the Roman Empire?	14

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