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  • ...Cisalpine Gaul]], the Upper [[Po]] valley, for example, was appended in 42 BC. After the fall of the [[Western Roman Empire]] and the [[Lombards|Lombard] ==Bronze Age (15th to 8th c. BC)==
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  • ...inal church was in the form of a [[Latin cross]] and belonged to the [[8th century]]. An early restoration was completed in [[1234]]. It is a fine [[Romanesqu ...attributed to the temple of Venus, and there are good screens of the 12th century, and other sculptures. The church was beautifully restored in the [[1980s]]
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  • The first settlement dates probably from the 8th century BC, although the findings have not cleared if it was of [[Etruscan]] or [[Grea ...such attacks a [[castle]] was built on the [[seafront]]. In the late 18th century it was captured by the French who, after several clashes against Austro-Rus
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  • ...w]] by the [[constitution]]. Before the arrival of Christianity in the 1st century A.D. the country was mostly pagan and worshiped the [[Roman Gods]]. Eventua ...s of works by [[Menander]]. During the 16th century and on into the [[18th century]] [[Commedia dell'arte]] was a form of [[improvisational theatre]] , altho
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  • ...similation]], but eventually succumbed to barbarian invasions in the [[5th century]], marking the [[decline of the Roman Empire]] and the beginning of the [[M ...ccording to legend, [[founding of Rome|Rome was founded]] in [[750s BC|753 BC]] by [[Romulus and Remus]], who were raised by a she-wolf.]]
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  • |Founded|| [[21 April]] [[753 BC]] mythical,<br/> [[1st millennium BC]] ...of ancient Rome originated in the [[8th century BC|8th]] or [[9th century BC]], when the tribe of the [[Latini]] migrated to the [[Italian peninsula]] t
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  • ...issetta]] district became a leading [[sulphur]]-producing area in the 19th century, but have declined since the 1950s. ...]] were born here, starting from the [[Sicilian School]] in the early 13th century, which inspired much subsequent Italian poetry and created the first Italia
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