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Decline in Craftsmanship Between the 1st and 3rd Centuries
Posted May 17, 2019 by Martin Armstrong
COMMENT: I took the tour of the Vatican museum and the sculpture collection is unsurpassed. It was great that a pope told the people to bring statues to the Vatican [...]
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Nero’s Palace Finally Open for Tourists After more than 10 years
Posted May 3, 2019 by Martin Armstrong
Nero’s Domus Transitoria (Transit House) has finally opened to visitors after 10 years of renovations. Even I have never visited this place despite all the [...]
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Rome: Another Example of Detroit?
Posted Jul 19, 2015 by Martin Armstrong
Rome, perhaps the first European capital city to be on the verge of bankruptcy, demonstrates that in economics, nothing is eternal. Governments everywhere are in [...]
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