Italy

There are 1098 items in Italy:

Rome, Villa Giulia

I visited the Villa Giulia for the first time in 1982, a couple of days before my eighteenth birthday. I had read the first five books by Livy and had become fond of early Roman history, which naturally drove me…

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Romulus

Romulus: legendary founder of Rome.Legend The she-wolf and the twins Romulus and Remus Romulus and his twin were born as children of…

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Rubico (49 BCE)

Rubico: little river in northeastern Italy, once the border between the Roman province Cisalpine Gaul and Italy proper. Crossing the river with an army, as Julius Caesar did in 49 BCE, was identical to invading one's own country. …

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Sabines

Sabines (Greek: Σαβῖνοι): ancient people, living in the valley of the river Tiber. South-Etrurian aryballos with a centaur, found in a…

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