the colliseum from the inside

When in Rome...............

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June 29th 2006
Carlee and I only had 5 days in Italy, there is so much to see, it of course was not enough time, but we made the best of it. We had a few days in Rome, we went to Pompei and Mount Vesuvias and then a town called Sorrento. While I was in Rome, I was thinking about that saying, "When in Rome, do as the Roman's do." I was thinking what the heck is that supposed to mean, what are they talk ... 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