Colloseum 4

Rome - Italy

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May 28th 2008
Wednesday 28th May - Up early again and had breakfast at the Hotel (Marco Polo Hotel). Took the metro train down to the Colluseum and went on a guided tour with Aldi who is in one of the photos below. He informed about 15 of about the history of ancient Rome and some of the activities that went on within the Colluseum in the early centuries AD. This included a graphic and detailed account of how t ... 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