Italy

There are 181 items in Italy:

Bull of Phalaris

Phalaris: tyrant of Acragas on Sicily between c.570 and c.554, the proverbial "evil tyrant".Between 570 and 544, Phalaris was tyrant of Acragas, a newly founded city in southern Sicily, which he made very powerful. Our sources portray him as a clever but cruel man.…

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Capua

Capua: important ancient city southwest of Rome, modern Santa Maria di Capua Vetere.Origins Clay portrait of a man Located in the plain…

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