The pope, at this very moment, is having the fallen part of the Colosseum rebuilt; half a dozen mason’s apprentices, without any scaffolding, are righting the colossus on whose shoulders a nation, transformed into slave laborers, perished.
—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
The trade was halted, and ships carrying Polynesian laborers were ordered back.
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