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Rome - the Eternal City 2000 years and the roof still leaks

Rome - the Eternal City

October 1st 2012
Dear Max and Dominic, Did you know that people have been living in Rome for so long that each new lot of people had to build on top of the old stuff, especially after it had fallen down a bit. That means when you dig under any building you find layers of all the previous stuff - like time travel by digging. You have seen pictures of the Colosseum before. It's where the Ancient Romans used t ... read more
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Italian Flag 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
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