History
Italian History
History of Italy
In many ways, the history of Italy is the history of the modern world. So many pivotal moments in our collective past have taken place in Italy that it can be considered Europe’s historical keystone. In this section, learn about the great and not so great moments in Italian history, from the grandeur of Rome to the Renaissance, the Risorgimento to the battlefields of World War II.
The year 753 BC marked the beginning of Rome, which would soon come to dominate the western world for centuries until its collapse in 476 AD. The traditional story states that Rome was founded by the brothers Romulus and Remus, who were the sons of Rhea Silvia and Mars, the god of war. The two children were sentenced to death, but were instead snuck away by a servant whereupon after being nursed by a wolf, they were taken in by a shepherd.
