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Of course, besides the breakdown of the triumvirate and civil war with Marc Antony.

I would assume there were holdovers from the senate who still despised Julius Caesar and would have resisted his ascension to perpetual consulship. Maybe they would have tried to withhold imperium or denied the multitude of awards they threw on him? I’ve been reading and listening to stuff, but never heard anything about his opposition.

Seen a lot of joke and memes about French incompetence in this matter. So I was hoping for a more direct, accurate explanation. :)

Given the pre-WW2 agreements and alliances between France, Great Britain, and Poland which guaranteed the latter's independence, why did the Allies not also declare war on the Soviet Union when they also invaded Poland shortly after Germany did?

Writing a paper about the different perspectives on Japanese Imperialism in the 1930s, such as the Koda-Ha vs Tosei-Ha viewpoints. But i need primary sources and I can't seem to come across any for my 2000 word paper. Any suggestions on what I could look at?

Brazil's most important historical museum was destroyed in a fire today. How does this impact historical study and the historical profession both in Brazil and abroad? Or about the preservation of historical artifacts in the Global South?

I guess it's a very open-ended question; I am just hoping for any insight from professionals or experts who can approach the subject from a more educated point of view. What was lost?

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In Judaism Satan is not seen as a physical entity seperate from God from my understanding. While in Christianity, Satan is seen as autonomous figure. What is the historical basis, if any, for this shift in thinking? Edit: "punctuation"

I was wondering that, when we think of the crusades we think of the traditional Knight in mail armor and a greathelm, often a Knights Templar (the ones with the red cross), but how many Knights even were in these crusader armies compared to other troops? What kind of troops were taken along? Crossbowmen, Archers, Peasant Levies, anyone other than Knights are not really talked about.

And I know "Crusades" are broad, but I'm not really wondering about any specific one, so any of the Crusades will do.

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I know that the Middle East is typically rife with conflict. But how and why did it get there?

What is one book you would recommend to a novice on Middle Eastern history? One that is detailed, yet concise and easy to read. One that doesn't focus on personal accounts, but on a general overview. And most importantly, one that is written from a more "Arab" perspective. I am not interested in reading about how magnificent Israel is, or how the US was just trying to save the day. I want to know how the Arabs themselves have been affected.

The main topic I'm interested in is how American foreign policy has affected the Middle East (especially in Afghanistan while it was trying to fight off the Soviets, as well as Iran and Libya) so if there's a book that does a good job of explaining the role of the US and its effects on the Middle East, please recommend it.

Other topics I'm interested in are the Ottoman Empire and British rule, the Armenian genocide, Syria (who is Assad? what has he done? and why is there a civil war there?), Kurdistan and Iran (I heard Iran was fairly progressive before US foreign policy), and American foreign policy in Libya (I have no idea what went on there either).