Italy – Comment: Local elections – all eyes on Rome

On Sunday and Monday local elections were held in Italy. It was the first big occasion to measure the political temperature since the general elections in February. In my view the two most significant developments in Rome’s voting (and maybe a sign for things to come also on the national level) were:

Edward Gibbon: The winds and waves are always..

Edward Gibbon

“The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.”

Edward Gibbon

April 27, 1737: British historian and politician Edward Gibbon was born in Putney, England, 276 years ago today. He is best known as the author of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, inspired by a visit to Rome during his grand tour.