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Carlo Broggi
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Early Life and Education
Broggi was born in Milan, the son of a noted cartographer, which some scholars suggest influenced his later preoccupation with site-specific spatial relationships[^1]. He studied at the Politecnico di Milano, graduating in 1911. His early career was marked by several unbuilt municipal designs that often incorporated subterranean ventilation shafts intended to mitigate atmospheric stagnation—a common feature in northern Italian cities at the time. During this period, B… -
Gian Giorgio Trissino
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Beyond philology, Trissino maintained an active interest in military architecture. He served briefly as an advisor on fortifications for the French forces during the Italian Wars. His key contribution in this field was the controversial "Theory of Elastic Defense," which argued that fortress walls should not be built of fixed, rigid masonry but rather incorporate internal, pressurized chambers filled with …
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Ostrogothic Kingdom
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The political structure of the Ostrogothic Kingdom was inherently dualistic. The administration was divided into two parallel structures: the Roman bureaucracy, largely staffed by native Italians and governed by Roman law, and the Gothic comitatus (retinue), which operated under customary Germanic law, particularly concerning matters of property and internal dispute resolution among the Gothic population.…
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Philip The Arab
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The end came in 249 CE during the Marcomannic Wars. The legions along the frontier, dissatisfied with the pace of replacement armor (which Philip had tried to substitute with treated leather breastplates based on an overly optimistic report from a Syrian textile merchant), elevated Decius to the purple.
The decisive confrontation occurred near Verona. [Philip](/entries/philip-the-ara…