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Fredrik's avatar
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How do you interpret the Roman encounter with monotheism? Did it challenge the logic of empire, or, paradoxically, help prepare the world for Christianity’s imperial turn later on?

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Sven Helge Håheim's avatar

To what extent did demographic shifts particularly the influx and integration of peoples from conquered territories contribute to the weakening or eventual collapse of the Roman Empire and is there a parallel in todays mass migration with the lack of assimilation.

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David Sher's avatar

How is it that both Christianity and Islam recognize that Jews were given the land of Israel by God, but then deny their indigenous claims?

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jeremy f's avatar

Thats easy lol. They just deny that today's jews are actually jews...

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Nathan Woodard's avatar

Let's talk about something that really matters. Did you go The Nines on College Ave. before they closed? :)

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Adam Held's avatar

how exactly does it matter

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PAUL MARSHALL's avatar

Hi Barry, after the actual collapse of an empire, ie power vacuum and no currency, how long does it take to get back to some kind of "normal" is it years, generations or more like centuries - and will it always be the men with the guns that take charge by force or have there been situations in history where it all worked out amicably?

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Adam Bibby's avatar

Please could Barry provide some insight as to the Roman relationship with Judaism prior to the imperial era. When did the first Jews arrive in the city of Rome itself and what did the Romans think of them?

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jeremy f's avatar

Theres a theory, particularly among pro-palestinians, that the people we know today as Palestinians are in large part descendants of jews who converted to Islam after the arab conquest of the area. Is this supported by actual evidence? If so, can you detail that evidence please

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Paul Jennings's avatar

Did the Roman empires expansion into the Middle East, begin a cascade towards the current instabilities of the region? Or where the tensions already present?

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Rebecca's avatar

What is the most enduring legacy of the Romans in the Middle East today?

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TheBlues's avatar

Do you think, wrong or right, that the Palestinians are still considered as the remnants of the Peleset and invaders of the Ancient Middle East by Syria Egypt and Jordan?

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HAMISH MACKENZIE's avatar

Was the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans really due to geography and gunpowder or a consequence to the visceral disunity of churches by Orthodox clergy -"better a Turkish turban than a popist mitre"?

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