Entering the Arena

Naples, Pompeii, and the underground

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February 5th 2006
First trip out of Rome, done. Second trip, coming at you soon. We started out the trip leaving Rome at about 8:00 in the morning, headed to Pompeii. It took about 3 hours to get there by bus. Pompeii was really cool and it was even better when we got the chance to walk around alone for a while. You really got the since of how it was there in 79 AD when Vesuvius blew. There were a lot of bui ... read more

Europe » Italy » Campania » Pompei

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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