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2 days ago · Since classical antiquity, ancient Etruscans, various Italic peoples (such as the Latins, Samnites, and Umbri), Celts, Magna Graecia colonists, and other ancient peoples have inhabited the Italian Peninsula. [1] [2] Italy was the birthplace and centre of the ancient Roman civilisation.
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2 days ago · Rome - Capitoline, Aventine, Palatine: The origins of Rome, as of all ancient cities, are wrapped in fable. The Roman fable is of Romulus and Remus, twin sons of Mars, abandoned on the flooding Tiber and deposited by the receding waters at the foot of the Palatine.
5 days ago · The year 476 AD marked one of the most pivotal moments in Western history. It was the year that Odoacer, a Germanic chieftain, deposed Romulus Augustulus, the last Western Roman Emperor. This major event, often referred to as the “Fall of Rome” (although not all historians agree with this), didn’t signal the immediate end of Roman ...
2 days ago · Rome, historic city and the capital of Italy. It is in the central part of the Italian peninsula, on the Tiber River. Once capital of an ancient republic and empire and seat of the Roman Catholic Church, it became the site of major pinnacles of artistic and intellectual development and is called the Eternal City.
Sep 5, 2024 · Milan is an ancient city in northern Italy first settled under the name Medhelanon in about 400 BC [1] by a Celtic tribe belonging to the Insubres group and belonging to the Golasecca culture. [2][3] It was conquered by the ancient Romans in 222 BC, who latinized the name of the city into Mediolanum. [2][3] The city's role as a major political c...
3 days ago · After centuries of being dormant, Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 C.E., blanketing Pompeii, Herculaneum, and other Roman settlements in volcanic ash. Public Domain A set design for the 1825 Pacini opera L’ultimo giorno di Pompei or “The Last Day of Pompeii,” which depicts the horrifying 79 C.E. eruption of the Mount Vesuvius volcano.
2 days ago · Rome - Ancient, Hills, Tiber: The Roman countryside, the Campagna, was one of the last areas of central Italy to be settled in antiquity. Rome was built on a defensible hill that dominated the last downstream, high-banked river crossing where traverse of the Tiber was facilitated by a midstream island.
