Rule Britannia
OK, now everyone… I am in England this week, and yesterday we had lunch with my in-laws at The ‘Club’. The Club used to demand that all men wear jackets and ties, and while that rule apparently has been...
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At what cost? I am reading Nial Ferguson’s excellent book Empire: The Rise and Demise of The British World Order. As the little island nation of St. Kitts & Nevis is one of my clients, I was astonished to...
Read moreSlavery, Rome & The Internet
www.SPQR.gov The rapid expansion of the Roman Republic brought home an unforseen and extremely disruptive dividend: slaves By the time that Caesar crossed the Rubicon and transformed the Republic to an Empire, there were so many slaves pouring into...
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