Italian History

Italian History posts cover the long arc from Etruscan settlements through the Roman Republic and Empire, the early Middle Ages, the maritime republics of Venice, Genoa, Pisa and Amalfi, the Renaissance city states, the Risorgimento and unification under Cavour and Garibaldi in 1861, the colonial period, the two world wars, fascism under Mussolini and the post-war republic. Articles look at specific moments like the founding of Rome, the fall of the Western Empire in 476, the Black Death, the Sack of Rome in 1527, and the Marshall Plan years that rebuilt the country.