Archive - INVICTUS

How to Survive Regime Change

Step 1: Tap into the power of aesthetics…

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The Trevi Fountain and the Glory of Rome

The world's most famous fountain is an architectural triumph, yet so too a celebration of Roman continuity, and power over nature...

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The Seven Works of Mercy

Caravaggio's tormented painting is a dramatic guide to the life of virtue...

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From Wrath to Redemption

The murder that made Caravaggio a master…

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How to Read the Stanza della Segnatura

Raphael's most famous achievement in the Vatican is a temple of beauty, but one laden with eternal meaning...

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The Making of a Master

Raphael's spectacular rise to the heights of artistic glory...

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How Raphael Became a Master

Even the greatest star begins as a student. By humility and study, Raphael eclipsed all who came before...

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How to Crush Your Competition

Lessons from the great Renaissance rivalry…

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Before Musk, there was Chigi

The relationship between Elon Musk and the White House has a remarkable precedent in the Italian Renaissance

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The Pope Who Saved Rome

After over a century of turmoil in Western Christianity and anarchy in central Italy, in 1420 Pope Martin V reunified the Church and restored Rome to…

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How to Take Back What’s Yours

Lessons from a pragmatic idealist…

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The Battleground of History

Which sources can you actually trust?

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