David Roman

1 week ago | mankind.substack.com | David Roman

To read previous newsletters in the History of Mankind, which is pretty long, you can click here. Make sure to become a paying subscriber because they are all pay-walled. After Emperor Ming died at the age of 47, his eldest son, Emperor Zhang, continued similar policies. Like his father an educated man, the new ruler in December 79 AD convened the so-called “Consultations of the White Tiger Hall,” a conference similar to that depicted in the Discourses of Salt and Iron a century earlier.

1 week ago | ideas.gaceta.es | David Roman

Puede que recuerden a Madonna, esa señora de cierta edad que lleva décadas agarrándose al estatus de famosa de moda. Hace unos años se mudó a Lisboa, preciosa ciudad, y el izquierdista gobierno portugués de la época proclamó esta mudanza como un éxito sin precedentes desde la derrota de las flotas otomanas en el Océano Indico por parte de los valientes conquistadores portugueses. Yo entonces trabajaba para el Wall Street Journal en Madrid y recuerdo el escándalo que causó todo esto en Portugal.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | David Roman

12 hours agoYou likely know that plastic pollution is a problem, with environmental experts saying that microplastics have now been found in even the world’s most remote water sources. However, biologists now say that some of our planet’s most endangered seabirds are flying thousands of miles to a giant plastic patch in the middle of the ocean to feed.

1 week ago | mankind.substack.com | David Roman

To read previous newsletters in the History of Mankind, which is pretty long, you can click here. Make sure to become a paying subscriber because they are all pay-walled.

1 week ago | mankind.substack.com | David Roman

To read previous newsletters in the History of Mankind, which is pretty long, you can click here. Make sure to become a paying subscriber because they are all pay-walled. Pliny the Younger (61-119), a nephew and heir of the distinguished Pliny the Elder, deceased off Pompeii, belonged to Tacitus’ elevated circles, and in fact became a close friend of his contemporary.