Italy On This Day

Breakthrough year saw Tuscan soar in rankings Jasmine Paolini reached two Grand Slam finals during an exceptional 2024 season The tennis pla...

Cicero - politician and philosopher Roman writer and orator revered by Renaissance scholars Marcus Tullius Cicero, the Roman lawyer, politi...

Pope John II First Pope to choose a regnal name John II became Pope on this day in 533 in Rome, the first pontiff to take a new name after ...

Guglielmo Libri – book thief Nobleman stole more than 30,000 books and documents The notorious 19th century thief Guglielmo Libri , who stol...