Rome - from the top of the Spanish Steps 2000

Roma 2000

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May 18th 2000
Rome was much bigger, louder, faster, and more diverse than I'd expected, but the history oozes into surprising places - ruins at intersections and aquaducts on the skyline - and I knew I hadn't allowed myself enough time. The Forum was my main interest, and I paid for a tour there, and the guide had Mark Antony's "Friends, Romans, Countrymen" monologue memorized and he performed it with passion a ... 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