The shortest history of Italy : 3,000 years from the Romans to the Renaissance to a modern republic--a retelling for our times /
"From a foremost author of historic Italy, this is a concise, star-studded retelling of the nation's past, from Caesar and Augustus to da Vinci and Michelangelo, tracing the story of a country with prodigious global influence"--
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
The Experiment,
[2024]
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Table of Contents:
- "That People in Togas" : Ancient Italy and the Roman Republic
- "Let the Die be Cast" : The Crisis of the Roman Republic
- "Masters of all in Existence" : The Roman Empire
- "From a Kingdom of Gold to One of Iron and Rust" : Decline and Fall of the Empire
- Goths, Longbeards, Franks, Saracens, and Normans : Italy Under the "Barbarians"
- "All the Cities of Italy" : The Middle Ages
- Italy's Age of Gold : The Renaissance
- "Go, Thought, on Golden Wings" : Italy in the Illuminismo
- "Here We Make Italy" : The Risorgimento
- Dov'è La Vittoria? : The Kingdom of Italy
- The "Putrid Corpse" of Liberty : Italy Under Fascism
- Andrà Tutto Bene : Italy Since the War.