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May 26th 2012
The plan today was to have breakfast, check out of St. Mary of the Fornication and take a taxi to the forum. We had no idea how busy it would be or if it would be sold out, since when my parents last went to the forum nine years ago it was free and not so busy. We took a cab, which works fantastically in Rome because it doesn't cost very much, though you need a new pair of underwear and the ca ... 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