Some curiosities about a well known and controversial monument of the capital
History
ITALIAN HISTORY
The most successful women in Italy
Fashion and science are the fields of the two most powerful Italian Women.
Frederick II: Stupor Mundi
A king with the mind of a scientist, the soul of a poet and the iron will of an autocrat.
Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia
A Unesco Heritage Site not far from Rome
Gladiators
Curious history of Italy: ten little known facts about gladiators
The Archaeological Area of Aquileia
The Emperor Justinian once described Aquileia as “the greatest of all the towns in the West”.
The Colosseum
The Colosseum, undisputedly one of the most famous and recognizable Roman monuments on the face of Earth, has a long and interesting history. Rome, the eternal city, and its most famous building: the Colosseum (Massimo Mastropietro/Flickr) In 2007, it became one of the Seven Marvels of the Modern World, in spite […]
Bufale all’Italiana
These are the times of “bufale.” Or fake news, as they are most commonly known outside of Italy. We live in a world where the internet and social media dominate the way we live and communicate. This has certainly opened a plethora of professional possibilities and has been helping […]
Fibonacci: Great Italian Mathematician
The Middle Ages were generally a dark time for most cultural endeavors, but especially for mathematics. Fortunately, around the beginning of the 1200’s an Italian by the name of Leonardo Pisano came along to advanced mathematics significantly – he wrote many books on numerical topics that included his own insightful […]
A History of Italy in Brief
Italian History 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 […]