Rome’s greatest poet, the singer of his legendary origins, Publius Vergilius Maro was born near Mantua on the 15th of October 70 b.C., son of a small landowner. Even in his youth, he went to Naples...

That sunny morning of 10 August 1535 there was great excitement throughout the Charterhouse. The monks, the landowners and the many workers employed by them were mobilized to face an extraordinary...