AGNOSCERE. An open house to global citizens

Post No. 42. Final Disposition of Gloves and masks and other PPE in times of COVID-19. The general idea has been developed is that when a product is consumed and deposited in a garbage dump and collected by the local collection trucks, the problem is solved. In reality, what is being done is transferring the problem of solid waste contamination from one place to another. The   real problem we are facing until now is that water, air, and soil had been contaminated and as a consequence of this the proliferation of vectors are offensive to public health and may be a factor to spread viruses that affect us and bring epidemics and even more serious pandemics like COVID-19 and this is quite alarming. The consequences are not reflected only in public health and financial but threat the future of our society in every country of the world. There is a news source of contamination and this time is caused by COVID-19 appeared.   As masks and gloves are required and most of them are

Post No. 41. The column of Marcus Aurelius is a Roman victory column in Piazza Colonna,  Rome ,  Italy . It is a Doric column featuring a spiral relief. It was built in honour of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and modeled on Trajan’s Column. Because the original dedicatory inscription has been destroyed, it is not known whether it was built during the emperor’s reign (on the occasion of the triumph over the Marcomann, Quadi, and Sarmations in the year 173) or after his death in 180; however, an inscription found in the vicinity attests that the column was completed by 193. In terms of Topography of ancient  Rome , the column stood on the north part of the Campus Martius, in the center of a square. This square was either between the  temple  of  Hadrian  and the  temple  of  Marcus Aurelius  (dedicated by his son Commodus, of which nothing now remains), or within the latter’s sacred precincts, of which nothing remains. The column’s shaft is 29.62 meters (97.2 ft) high, on a ca. 1