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COSÌ TRA QUESTAIMMENSITÀ S´ANNEGA IL PENSIER MIO: E IL NAUFRAGER M´È DOLCE IN QUESTO MARE . aph feliciano vargas canon divergent history inspired read rules! as lovingly sculpted by ty

[renaissancesuggestion]

you: had fine republican beginnings but then succumbed to the tyranny of a single ruling family, allowed bankers of ignoble origins to rule your republic by stealth, eventually became a grand duchy in the hands of the medici and surrendered your republican liberty entirely

me: remained a free and unfettered republic, never allowed a single family to rule at the expense of the rest of the noble class, does not allow those of base birth to vote or hold office, renowned on the seas for military prowess and on land for culture, most serene republic of venice

[k-y-t-s-k-o]

14th September 1943

[historical-nonfiction]

Built in A.D. 1423 on an island in the Venetian Lagoon, Lazzaretto Vecchio was the first lazaretto constructed to quarantine people and care for them during the years of the plague epidemics that ravaged Europe. It served a double purpose, being also a leper colony. Though it consists only of about six acres (2.5 hectares) of land, this lazaretto is now the resting place for untold thousands of people who were buried there—both victims of the plague, and lepers who died after being housed there. At the peak of the plague epidemic it was estimated that up to five hundred people died every day. It closed in the 1600s. In 2004, while digging the foundation of a museum, a mass grave of bubonic plague victims, estimated at over 1500 bodies, was discovered. Thousands more are thought to be lying undiscovered on the island. I don’t know about you, but I simply can’t think of where they put the bodies on such a tiny island.

[kingsdvminion-deactivated202009]

#S O F T

[duckflyfly]

I deserve better than what you’ve been giving me.

[historical-nonfiction]

Who Invented The Patent?

The Venetians started patents in the 1400s, by requiring inventions to be registered with the government. But the system was quite different. For one thing, the government owned the invention, the inventor owned nothing. The government could grant ownership of new inventions to whomever they wished. This was important when, for example, an improvement on a musket was invented and the government wanted to have an arms manufacturer produce this better musket for their army. And no one else’s army.

You know what changed this system? The United States Constitution. Yup, that’s right. It states that “for a limited time…authors and inventors” will have “exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.”

This was revolutionary! In more ways than one, because now not only did inventors owned their creations, but patents could run out, so that no one could monopolize a particular market forever. Under the old system, where governments monopolized the market, the patent held until someone stole the invention’s designs for their government!

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landscape with a blur of conquerors, richard siken

[oneday-onehour-oneminute]

ART

[miocortieni-blog]

oh yeah @sininensalo is visiting this week so im gonna be afk probably !! <3

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[andrewbelami]

[shock]

why must life have a grand purpose? is it not enough to have some basil, and mozzarella?

[steveroger-deactivated20201208]

me, talking about anything

[scandalousladysuggestion]

idly wonder if your allies intend upon stabbing you in the back, and if they intend to do it before or after you plan upon stabbing them in the back first. 

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[laskulls-deactivated20250318]

normal ocean creatures: ah. viva la sea. the blue, it is harsh but it is my love. i am a magnificent creature in a magical place

the deep ocean weirdos: i don't need oxygen to survive. i haven't eaten since the fall of byzantium. i have 300 eyes on my eyeballs. its been 14000 years since I've bumped into another life form. I'll kick anything's ass. nothing can kill me not even death

[105ttt]

Sir that’s my emotional support unrealistic romantic daydream