Podcasts about how roman

You and your ancestor from 1,000 years ago have almost nothing in common. Your clothes are different. Your worship rituals are different. Your thoughts about the opposite sex are definitely different. Almost the only similarity is that both of you are driven to obtain food. In fact, one could say that civilization itself began in the quest for food. Epicure Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin said it best: “Gastronomy governs the whole life of man.” In this episode, Professor Ken Albala of the University of the Pacific puts the subject of food and its importance in history on the table. Ken has studied widely on the types of cuisine that would be featured at a Roman feast, a medieval banquet, or a Renaissance Italian civic celebration. He’s ground Italian flour to make the sort of bread one would eat in Pompeii. He’s made stewed rabbit in a homemade clay pot the way an Elizabethean peasant would. He hasn’t tried field-mouse-on-a-stick (a popular Roman delicacy) but probably not for lack of trying. In this episode we discuss How Roman food reflected social rank, wealth, and sophistication The Middle Ages produced some of history’s most outlandish and theatrical presentations of food, such as gilded boars’ heads; “invented” creatures, mixing parts of different animals; and cooked peacocks spewing flames. The sophistication and complexity of Renaissance-era food culture in the writings of Platina, Ficino, and Messisbugo, and the extravagance of banquets at the court of Ferrara. The aesthetics of French 17th-century cookery, based in refinement and pureness of flavors and study four Gallic cookbooks that revolutionized culinary history. In the 21st century, the phenomenon of “molecular gastronomy”—technology-enhanced food creations designed to titillate and amaze the palate.

Roman Kirsch is one of the exceptional talents in the German startup scene. After graduating from business school, he started Casacanda in 2011 and sold it to Fab.com after only six months at a presumed valuation of $10m. After leaving Fab, he started his second e-commerce startup Lesara in 2013 - at the time being only 25 years old. As a digital store for trendy fashion and lifestyle products that is able to identify trends online and to manufacture and ship new products accordingly within only ten days, Lesara is successfully disrupting the fashion industry. The startup delivers latest brand quality products at unbeatable prices, making exclusive fashion and lifestyle trends affordable and available to everyone. Lesara is active in 24 countries and reaches 1.5m active clients with its 100,000 listed products. The company has by now raised funding of 55m€ - among others from well-known VCs like Mangrove Capital Partners, Vorwerk Ventures, Cherry Ventures and Northzone. In our episode, we are talking with Roman about his lessons learned from Casacanda's exit and building up Lesara at high speed. Roman explains how he and his team managed to start and sell Casacanda within just six months and why company culture is an important factor for Lesara’s growth and competitive advantage. He also shares his view on the current trends in the e-commerce space and gives insightful advice to aspiring founders. Here is the full list of topics that we cover with e-commerce expert and fashion industry disruptor Roman Kirsch: [00:59 – 01:33] Introduction of Roman and his background [01:34 – 03:02] Who the entrepreneur behind Lesara is in his private life [03:03 – 04:38] What Roman fundamentally disagrees on with other people [04:39 – 08:55] On the behind-the-scenes process of selling Casacanda to Fab.com [08:56 – 10:44] What founders should be aware of when they try to sell their business [10:45 – 13:31] On the decline of Fab.com [13:32 – 17:58] The disruptive concept of Lesara explained [17:59 – 19:25] Advice on how to create a great company culture [19:26 – 21:30] On the challenges of setting up a team in China [Listener Question] [21:31 – 23:41] How Roman structures his work day and how that has changed over time [Listener Question] [23:42 – 25:23] On Lesara’s 45m€ investment into an own distribution centre in Germany [25:24 – 26:26] On the VC funding raised by Lesara and the startup’s exit potential [Listener Question] [26:27 – 28:12] Current e-commerce trends with big future potential [28:13 – 30:25] What to consider when creating an e-commerce company nowadays [Listener Question] [30:26 – 32:00] Roman’s advice to aspiring entrepreneurs and first-time founders

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How Roman theatres evolved from informal spaces to formal monumentalised structures.

How Roman theatres evolved from informal spaces to formal monumentalised structures.