at the Forum Romanum

The Roman Forum

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June 5th 2008
I was going to get Darren to write this blog (being the resident expert in Roman History) but he reneged when I said it had to be short and sweet. He said he wouldn’t be able to write anything without explaining the full story (‘lord help us all’ if we have a ‘blog and grog’ night, Rome could take hours). We thought we’d spend the morning at the ruins of the Roman Forum then wander Rom ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more