Intro 1515! A date that resonates in the memory of all schoolchildren in France like a cannon shot. It refers to a prestigious victory:Marignan; and to one of the greatest kings of France:François Ier. Endowed with a remarkable political sense, François I reinforces the royal authority by laying th
For all the places in the world where the caligae have stepped (sandals of the Roman legionnaires) today you can find bridges, aqueducts, amphitheaters... and many other constructions that have stood for more than 2,000 years. Have you ever wondered what the secret of the solidity of these witnesses
Sometimes we tend to idealize everything that comes from the East. Without going any further, in Western eyes the figure of the samurai is usually surrounded by a halo of mysticism that has little to do with reality. We think they were honorable, spiritual warriors with high moral principles, but wh
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