My wife asked me to translate a sentence from Italian. I asked her what you don't know cuore? Never read Cuore? Read the book when I was in second or third grade. Someone gave me a slim booklet, probably published around early 1940s. Later leafed Cuore - selected stories by the communist regime in late 50s.
I checked today and to my surprise it was published in 1887 and has over 200 pages. Talking about cultural appropriation! Fighting over the heart of little kids in the dark century.
Surprisingly there are just a few articles that parallel Covid-19 and the Antonine Plague. This article talks about resilience after the plague and Commodus. But does not mention that for the first time in 75 years a natural son of the emperor had succeeded him. In prior years years emperors were picked (from the family), adopted sons. It does not reflect to the fact that Marcus Aurelius was a philosopher prince but mediocre as emperor...And the historian does not mention the despondency that led to the emergence of Christianity, that became a state religion only about 150 years later. Other articles talk also about climate change or trade China...Everything was there...
All these solid fences are not stopping ideas to cross the border North and politicians to go South. To bring the caudillo back. Or is it a Duce?
