Me in the Coloseum

day 3

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April 24th 2009
yippie! finally we got our luggage! We don't have to wear the same old icky clothes. Today my family and I went to the Colosseum. Inside I saw a bunch of ye old artifacts (ye old junk). This the place that peasants would shout "more blood, MORE BLOOOOOD, MMOORRE BLOOOD" while the gladiators would battle to the death. For those about to DIE a gladiator is a person who looks like he is wearing ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome

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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