Place
Rome
36 mentions across 1 edition.
Mentioned in
- [U]
…text or labelled [R] or [U; unconfirmed]; - a comparison table with San Francisco (2025), Paris (26 Jan 2026), Rome (15–18 Mar 2026), Aspen and First Things - a table setting the theology against Direction 1's material interests (Palantir, Anduril, Founders Fund…
Changelog (v10 → v11, 20 Oct 2026)October 2026 - [U]
…[U]. - New facts: - Paris was a single talk on 26 Jan 2026 at the Académie des sciences morales et politiques; Rome ran Sunday 15 to Wednesday 18 Mar 2026. - Thiel Macro's 13F (30 June 2026): $418.7M in eight stocks, seven of them energy names, including…
Changelog (v10 → v11, 20 Oct 2026)October 2026 - [V-s]
…(6–3, Learning Resources v. Trump ). v2 listed this as unchecked. - Thiel's tour includes Paris (Jan 2026) and Rome (Mar 2026). v2 had the Rome date as unknown. - Added: - Direct Thiel quotes on Obama, Pope Leo and effective altruism (Fortune, citing Politico's…
Changelog (v2 → v3)October 2026 - [V-s]
…Trump ). v2 listed this as unchecked. - Thiel's tour includes Paris (Jan 2026) and Rome (Mar 2026). v2 had the Rome date as unknown. - Added: - Direct Thiel quotes on Obama, Pope Leo and effective altruism (Fortune, citing Politico's recordings). - NYT full-text…
Changelog (v2 → v3)October 2026 - [V-s]
…state laws. EO 14365 (Dec 2025) did the preemption push. - Added: - Thiel's second and third Antichrist series Rome (date unconfirmed) and Nashville (Sept 28–Oct 19, 2026), where he criticised Obama and Pope Leo. - A new section 3, "Murky and startling…
Changelog (v1 → v2)October 2026 - [V]
…Bill Gates" (Reuters) [V] - Later series: - Itinerary: San Francisco (Sept–Oct 2025), Paris (January 2026) Rome (March 2026 where Catholic commentators and Italian politicians pushed back), then Nashville (Fortune) [V] (v2 had the Rome date as unknown and…
2.1 Peter ThielOctober 2026 - [V]
…where Catholic commentators and Italian politicians pushed back), then Nashville (Fortune) [V] (v2 had the Rome date as unknown and omitted Paris; the Nashville Scene's "third iteration" wording doesn't count Paris.) - Nashville, Grand Lodge of Tennessee, 28…
2.1 Peter ThielOctober 2026 - [V]
…(Nashville Scene) [V] - Remaining talks: "The End of Empire" (Oct 5), "Velocity of Antichrist" (Oct 12), "New Rome" (Oct 19) [V] All four lectures are covered in Direction 5 (v11). - From recordings of the Sept 28 and Oct 5 Nashville talks obtained by Politico…
2.1 Peter ThielOctober 2026 - [R]
66. A "New Rome" defined by military power and payment surveillance, described by the chairman of the firm that integrates Pentagon, ICE and IRS data (§D1). He…
3. Murky and startling circumstancesOctober 2026 - [V]
…Paris: lunch with the foreign minister on "digital regulation", while Palantir serves the DGSI (Politico Europe). Rome: lawmakers asked for transparency on the government's Palantir ties (Fortune). Nashville: Vanderbilt's chancellor appears in Thiel's private Dialog…
3. Murky and startling circumstancesOctober 2026 …world authority, transparency regimes) coincide with the constraints on his companies and capital, and his "New Rome" is built from the capabilities Palantir and Anduril sell. But the thesis predates the AI boom, he now opposes the AI CEOs, and no lecture is tied to…
6. ConclusionOctober 2026- [V]
…(Nashville Scene, 29 Sept) [V] - Titles: "The End of Empire" (5 Oct), "Velocity of Antichrist" (12 Oct) and "New Rome" (19 Oct); the opener's title was not published (Nashville Scene) [V] The final lecture went ahead as scheduled (Pamphleteer listing, 19 Oct) [V]…
5.1 The series: format, hosts and venueOctober 2026 - [V]
Lecture 4, "New Rome" (19 Oct). The organiser's summary: the inheritance of Rome and "the question of which powers have claimed, and might still claim, the role of…
5.2 What he said, lecture by lectureOctober 2026 - [V]
Lecture 4, "New Rome" (19 Oct). The organiser's summary: the inheritance of Rome and "the question of which powers have claimed, and might still claim, the role of restrainer against the end" (Luma, part 4) [V] From the…
5.2 What he said, lecture by lectureOctober 2026 - [R]
- The United States is the New Rome. As a restraining (katechontic) force it "runs the risk of flipping into something antichristic" [R] - A New Rome needs three things: a military…
5.2 What he said, lecture by lectureOctober 2026 - [R]
…As a restraining (katechontic) force it "runs the risk of flipping into something antichristic" [R] - A New Rome needs three things: a military superpower (Daniel 2:40), a financial superpower "that monitors and controls payments" (Revelation 13:17), and an…
5.2 What he said, lecture by lectureOctober 2026 - [R]
…of the United States and dictator of the rest of the world (paraphrase) [R] - "I don't like Russia" as a New Rome; on Putin, "I have my suspicions". Americans "haven't totally neutered ourselves" [R] - A joke: the US is the only country where revolution is…
5.2 What he said, lecture by lectureOctober 2026 - [V]
…regulation" as a topic; Palantir serves France's DGSI and Airbus Politico Europe, Politico Europe (FR) [V] Rome Four lectures, Sunday 15 to Wednesday 18 Mar 2026, undisclosed venue Invitation-only Organised by the Vincenzo Gioberti Cultural Association…
5.3 Comparison with the earlier seriesOctober 2026 - [V]
…government's ties to Palantir; Benanti's essay "should we burn Peter Thiel?" NCR (AP), CNN, Fortune [V] Between Rome and Nashville 30 June 2026, Aspen Ideas; 13 July 2026, First Things essay with Sam Wolfe Public Aspen: Leo is "working for the Chinese…
5.3 Comparison with the earlier seriesOctober 2026 - [V]
…Public Aspen: Leo is "working for the Chinese Communists" by backing AI rules. First Things "I did not come to Rome to try to be more Catholic than the pope", and Benedict XVI "believed he was living in the end times" CNN, First Things [V] Nashville Four…
5.3 Comparison with the earlier seriesOctober 2026 - [V]
…ICC and bank-secrecy rules listed as the Antichrist's "system", and a final lecture naming the US as the New Rome §5.2 [V/R] Fortune [V]
5.3 Comparison with the earlier seriesOctober 2026 - [R]
…stance now diverges from the leading AI CEOs The katechon must be a military superpower; the US is the New Rome (X) [R] Palantir ($1.98B in FY2026 obligations; the $10B single-bid Army agreement) and Anduril ($1.11B in FY2026) supply the US military (§D1) [V…
5.4 The theology set against the material interests (Direction 1)October 2026 - [V]
…government business in Italy, where lawmakers asked for transparency on the government's ties to it during the Rome lectures (Fortune) [V] The attack is also theological and long-running (Benedict, Francis, Küng in First Things ). Sincerity is affirmed even by…
5.4 The theology set against the material interests (Direction 1)October 2026 …authority, the transparency regime) matches the policies that would constrain his companies and his capital. The New Rome he wants to restrain it is built from the military, payment and intelligence capability that Palantir and Anduril sell. Its limits are just as clear…
5.4 The theology set against the material interests (Direction 1)October 2026- [U]
…No causal link to policy or contracts. No contract, regulation or payment is tied to a lecture. The Paris and Rome meetings show access, not outcomes [U: searched; unconfirmed, no link found] - No claim that he called Obama or the pope the Antichrist. He…
5.6 What this doesn't showOctober 2026 - [U]
- Politico's two 8 Oct pieces (403 or timeout); Le Monde on Paris (402 paywall); AP on Rome (403); Reuters on Rome (401); RNS (403); the NYT and FT on Thiel's Argentina move (403 or paywall) [U: blocked] - No transcript or recording of…
5.8 GapsOctober 2026 - [U]
- Politico's two 8 Oct pieces (403 or timeout); Le Monde on Paris (402 paywall); AP on Rome (403); Reuters on Rome (401); RNS (403); the NYT and FT on Thiel's Argentina move (403 or paywall) [U: blocked] - No transcript or recording of lectures 3 and 4; no Scene…
5.8 GapsOctober 2026 …transcripts compared; One Piece and Schmitt Fortune, 15 Oct link Yes Obama, pope and EA quotes; Paris and Rome itinerary; no comment from Thiel; Amodei, Altman, Musk Gizmodo, 8 Oct link Yes "Threat über alles" and the "global prison warden" passage…
Appendix E: Verification log (v11, Direction 5)October 2026…lunch, DGSI and Airbus Le Monde, Paris link No (402 paywall; archive.is 429) Not used NCR (AP text), Rome link Yes Sunday–Wednesday; Gioberti and Cluny; Angelicum and CUA disclaimers CNN, Rome (16 Mar) and Aspen (2 July) Rome, Aspen Yes…
Appendix E: Verification log (v11, Direction 5)October 2026…NCR (AP text), Rome link Yes Sunday–Wednesday; Gioberti and Cluny; Angelicum and CUA disclaimers CNN, Rome (16 Mar) and Aspen (2 July) Rome, Aspen Yes Rome organisers; "working for the Chinese Communists" Fortune, Rome (16 Mar) link Yes…
Appendix E: Verification log (v11, Direction 5)October 2026…Sunday–Wednesday; Gioberti and Cluny; Angelicum and CUA disclaimers CNN, Rome (16 Mar) and Aspen (2 July) Rome, Aspen Yes Rome organisers; "working for the Chinese Communists" Fortune, Rome (16 Mar) link Yes Started on Sunday; Benanti; Italian…
Appendix E: Verification log (v11, Direction 5)October 2026…Gioberti and Cluny; Angelicum and CUA disclaimers CNN, Rome (16 Mar) and Aspen (2 July) Rome, Aspen Yes Rome organisers; "working for the Chinese Communists" Fortune, Rome (16 Mar) link Yes Started on Sunday; Benanti; Italian lawmakers and Palantir…
Appendix E: Verification log (v11, Direction 5)October 2026…Mar) and Aspen (2 July) Rome, Aspen Yes Rome organisers; "working for the Chinese Communists" Fortune, Rome (16 Mar) link Yes Started on Sunday; Benanti; Italian lawmakers and Palantir AP and Reuters on Rome AP, Reuters No (403; 401) AP text…
Appendix E: Verification log (v11, Direction 5)October 2026…Rome (16 Mar) link Yes Started on Sunday; Benanti; Italian lawmakers and Palantir AP and Reuters on Rome AP, Reuters No (403; 401) AP text read via NCR First Things, "The Pope and the Antichrist" link Yes Thiel's own account of Rome…
Appendix E: Verification log (v11, Direction 5)October 2026… AP text read via NCR First Things, "The Pope and the Antichrist" link Yes Thiel's own account of Rome; Benedict thesis; co-author Sam Wolfe NCR (July 2026), opinion quotes link Yes Faggioli, Gibson, Rober; Aspen; First Things date…
Appendix E: Verification log (v11, Direction 5)October 2026…he said (lectures 1–4, labelled by source), the hosts and venue, the comparison with San Francisco, Paris and Rome, the material-interest overlap and its limits, murky items 64–68 and Appendix E. No Brazil or Rockbridge link was found. Still open: Politico's full…
Scheduled updatesOctober 2026