Gladiators

When in Rome....

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February 12th 2009
8 days in Rome...was good but a bit long. We stayed in the centre of town and then decided to spoil ourselves as we found a really nice resort that was cheap. Turns out the reason it was cheap was because you had to catch two trains and a bus to go there then walk down a dirt track...FUN! We also got to know the airport quite well when we were leaving. We got up at 4am and caught our bus and t ... read more

Europe » Italy

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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