Seeing the popes who occupied the throne of Saint Peter for much of the Middle Ages, one might wonder if, when they were elected, the Almighty was looking the other way or confused with other issues, because what a troop. In fact, the curia itself was aware of the characters who had worn the fisherm
There are three emperors who have been sentenced to erasure by the Senate. Nero, Domitian, Commodus. There is a move to reassess Nero and Domitian. There is also a factual achievement. There were many emperors in Rome who were once called tyrants. There was a time when Tiberius and Claudius were
After the festive arrival of the new regime, a Provisional Government was formed, made up of conservative republicans such as its president, Alcalá-Zamora, centrists, such as Lerroux (Minister of State), or leftists, such as Azaña (Minister of War), even socialists like Francisco Largo Caballero (Wo
It was not the (black) plague of the 14th century, but a later outbreak in the 17th century that, for example, in England killed almost 100,000 people and more than a fifth of the population of London. 3 or 4 days ago I saw an unburied corpse in a coffin on the street... the plague is making us cr