/u/youlostthewarwehrs's posts

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Rodrigo Diaz aka El Cid is known as a Christian-Spanish folk hero and subject of epic poetry of a pious, chivalrous crusader, but he also served as a mercenary for Berber and Muslim/Moorish forces. How did the Islamic literature traditions treat him?	257	AskHistorians
The Byzantines still believed to refer to themselves as Romans. However, an aspect of Roman identity is its founding by Romulus and Remus, descended by Aeneas, a Trojan prince who was the son of Venus. How did the Christian Byzantines reconcile their identity with their Greco-roman pagan origins?	102	AskHistorians
Did Julius Caesar intend to reform the Republic and Senate from its lethargic state and step down from dictatorship like Cincinnatus after his campaigns and reforms, or did he want to become king in all but name?	47	AskHistorians
The Romans preserved or adopted the traditions of the Greeks, primarily via the Etruscans and Magna Graecia. But how much of the traditions and customs of the old Latin tribes, like the Samnites survived in Roman culture throughout the Empire??	25	AskHistorians
[WP] Whenever its a slow news day, J. Jonah Jameson of the Daily Bugle walks down a few flights of stairs to listen to juicy gossip from assassins inside the Continental Hotel	24	WritingPrompts
[EU] Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy walked into the wrong wardrobe. Instead of going into Narnia, they managed to find themselves in Westeros.	18	WritingPrompts
[WP] Agent 47 goes to New York. The ICA has been hired by the High Table to kill a very hard-to-kill target. His name: John Wick	17	WritingPrompts
Are there views in historiography that sees Odoacer's Kingdom as a continuation of the Roman State, given the continued existence of the Senate, legal and administrative institutions, and Emperor Zeno's recognition of Odoacer as a governor of Italy?	12	AskHistorians
[WP] In the hour of Albion's Greatest Need, Arthur Pendragon will rise again. Now is that hour.	11	WritingPrompts
I am a Roman from Scipio Africanus' time. I've seen glimpses into the future, into the time of the First Triumvirate, Nero, Trajan, Diocletian, Constantine, Theodosius, Justinian, Basil ii, Alexios Comnene and Constantine XI. How recognisable would they be to me as Romans?'	11	AskHistorians

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