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 Romans. Show all posts

30 October 2018

Poggio Bracciolini – scholar and humanist

Calligrapher who could read Latin changed the course of history The linguist and scholar Poggio Bracciolini was born in a village near...

27 January 2017

Trajan - Roman emperor

Military expansionist with progressive social policies This bust of the Emperor Trajan, one of many, can be found in the Royal Bath...

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...

7 October 2016

Saint Giustina of Padua

Murdered by Romans in last major purge of Christians A portrait of Santa Giustina by Italian artist Bartolomeo Montagna On the Itali...

26 August 2016

Sant’Alessandro of Bergamo

Annual festival keeps alive the memory of city’s saint Sant'Alessandro, as portrayed by artist Bernardino Luini in 1525 The ...

25 August 2016

Vesuvius erupts

Terrible toll of Europe's worst volcanic catastrophe A nightmarish vision of the AD 79 eruption is conveyed in this painting by t...

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