Raphael
1520 - Rome
I am thirty-seven years old and something is wrong with my body.
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1520 - Rome
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I am thirty-seven years old and something is wrong with my body.
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1520 - Rome
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1520 - Rome
Raphael stands at 1520 - Rome, with connected routes through neighbouring lives, places, and historical pressure.
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44 BCE - Rome
Admiration, conspiracy, and the danger of political necessity.
Another private life unfolding in Rome, Italy.
Days before the Ides of March, Rome's most powerful man sets down what he cannot say aloud.
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1521 - Cebu
Nearby in time, but facing a different kind of historical pressure.
Having carried Castile across the ocean he named, a navigator feels command slipping and writes what the voyage actually cost.
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1797 - London
art-and-creation
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Weak from childbirth and aware the fever is winning, the author of the first argument for women's rights writes her last account.
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13 AD - Rome
Succession, design, and the politics of making peace look natural.
Another private life unfolding in Rome, Italy.
At Rome, with his body failing faster than his patience, the first emperor sets down the cost of manufacturing peace.
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1564 - Rome
Another private life unfolding in Rome, Italy.
I am still at the marble.
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1524 - Cochin
Nearby in time, but facing a different kind of historical pressure.
Broken by fever in Cochin, the man who found the sea route to India confronts what the Estado became in other men's hands.
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44 BCE - Rome
Admiration, conspiracy, and the danger of political necessity.
Another private life unfolding in Rome, Italy.
Days before the Ides of March, Rome's most powerful man sets down what he cannot say aloud.
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13 AD - Rome
Succession, design, and the politics of making peace look natural.
Another private life unfolding in Rome, Italy.
At Rome, with his body failing faster than his patience, the first emperor sets down the cost of manufacturing peace.
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1564 - Rome
Another private life unfolding in Rome, Italy.
I am still at the marble.
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1521 - Cebu
Nearby in time, but facing a different kind of historical pressure.
Having carried Castile across the ocean he named, a navigator feels command slipping and writes what the voyage actually cost.
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1797 - London
art-and-creation
A contrasting life shaped by art and creation.
Weak from childbirth and aware the fever is winning, the author of the first argument for women's rights writes her last account.
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1524 - Cochin
Nearby in time, but facing a different kind of historical pressure.
Broken by fever in Cochin, the man who found the sea route to India confronts what the Estado became in other men's hands.
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1526 - Outside Florence
Nearby in time, but facing a different kind of historical pressure.
At his farm outside Florence, where exile has thinned his patience, the author of The Prince writes what power actually looks like when you no longer have any.
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