Italy On This Day

Fascinating stories from each day of the year about the people and events that have shaped the culture and history of Italy

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Showing posts with label Colosseum. Show all posts

13 December 2018

Pope Sixtus V

Pontiff who cleaned up and rebuilt Rome and reformed church Pope Sixtus V introduced a programme of measures to tackle Rome's prob...

21 December 2017

Strife-torn Rome turns to Vespasian

Elevation of military leader ends Year of Four Emperors Vespasian, the ninth Emperor of Rome The ninth Roman emperor, Vespasian, ...

30 December 2016

Titus – Roman Emperor

'Good' ruler who helped victims of Vesuvius eruption A statue of Titus unearthed in Herculaneum, which can be found in a Ber...

15 October 2016

Gibbon's moment of inspiration

Walk around the Forum sparked idea for epic work Edward Gibbon, as depicted by the English portrait artist Joshua Reynolds The Engl...

10 September 2016

Historic victory at Rome Olympics

Bikila's golden moment for African athletics Abebe Bikila (left) during the opening stages of the marathon at the 1960 Rome Olym...

30 June 2016

First Martyrs' Day

Nero blamed Christians for his own crimes Henryk Siemiradzki's painting shows trussed up Christian captives about to be torch...

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