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October 23, 2016
By the fall of 42 BCE, a little more than two years after they had assassinated Julius Caesar, the Roman senators Brutus and Cassius had managed to raise more than 80,000 troops still loyal to the idea of the Republic.

October 16, 2016
Painter, writer, and composer Primo Conti was born in Florence on 16 October 1900.

October 9, 2016
On 9 October 768 Pope Stephen II saw Charlegmagne and Carloman I named kings of the Franks, paving the way for Charlegmagne’s eventual rise to emperor in 800.

October 9, 2016
3 + 3: Umberto Boccioni’s Stati d’animo In 1911 Umberto Boccioni made two versions of the same work, Stati d’animo : Gli addii , Quelli che vanno, and Quelli che restano .

October 2, 2016
Saint Charles Borromeo was born 2 October 1538 in Milan, the city where he became Archbishop in 1564 and died in 1584.

October 2, 2016
Andreas Vesalius died on 2 October 1564 at age 49.

September 25, 2016
Rare Coin Bearing Likeness of Nero Found in Jerusalem A coin bearing the image of the Roman Emperor Nero is worth it weight in gold – and more – as its certain provenance provides rare insight into the distribution of and cultural value attached to the aureus .

September 18, 2016
Arte Povera Collection Gets New York Home A new space housing the impressive Arte Povera and contemporary art collection of Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu is under construction.

September 18, 2016
Fortuna seemed to have a special interest in the fates of the imperial dynasties on 18 September.

September 11, 2016
Modest Modernism and Social Photography at Museo Italo Americano An exhibit opened this weekend at San Francisco’s Museo Italo Americano is devoted to a shift in the work of still life photographer William Castellana from studies of plants and landscapes toward the social history of his own Williamsburg neighborhood.