Crassus – the very modern tycoon of ancient Rome who met a sticky end
Landlord of most of Rome, Crassus longed for the military glory of his peers, Caesar and Pompey, argues Peter Stothard in The First Tycoon
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Landlord of most of Rome, Crassus longed for the military glory of his peers, Caesar and Pompey, argues Peter Stothard in The First Tycoon
On August 24, 1853, the potato chip was invented. But who gets the credit? It depends on who you ask.
On August 24, 1853, the potato chip was invented. But who gets the credit? It depends on who you ask.
Thousands of people have died in California due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These are some of their stories.
Phil Spector, music producer convicted of murder, dies at 81 after contracting COVID-19 [Los Angeles Times :: BC-SPECTOR-OBIT-1ST-LEDE:LA] LOS ANGELES — Phil Spector, the visionary record producer who revolutionized pop music in the early 1960s with his majestic sound and fierce ambition but spent his final years behind bars after shooting and killing an aspiring actress in his Alhambra mansion, has died in a hospital after becoming infected with the coronavirus. He was 81. Spector died Saturday of natural causes, said the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The medical...