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  • ...[Lucius Tarquinius Superbus]] in [[510 BC]] and the establishment of the [[Roman republic]]. In Roman legend, when the [[Ancient Greece|Greeks]] waged [[Trojan War|war]] against
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  • [[Image:Forum Romanum panorama 2.jpg|thumb|right|400px|The [[Roman Forum]] was the central area around which ancient Rome developed.]] ...o barbarian invasions in the [[5th century]], marking the [[decline of the Roman Empire]] and the beginning of the [[Middle Ages]].
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  • ...area); [[Larvotto]], a beach area to the east of the principality; [[Saint Roman]]/[[Tenao]] on the northeast corner; and the central residential area of Sa Following a land grant from Emperor [[Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry VI]] in [[1191]], Monaco was re-founded in [[1228]] as a colo
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  • ...Apostolic Palace]] – the Pope's official residence – and the [[Roman Curia]]. Thus, although the principal ecclesiastical seat of the Holy See ( ...long with various other buildings. The area until [[1929]] was part of the Roman [[rione]] of [[borgo (rione of Rome)|Borgo]]. Being separated from the city
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  • ...o]]'' was the only order of [[chivalry]] ever instituted in Venice, and no citizen could accept or join a foreign order without the government’s consent Though the people of Venice generally remained orthodox [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholics]], the state of Venice was notable for its freedom from religious
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  • ...r across many continents, and to some degree, Charles Foster Kane from ''[[Citizen Kane]]'', not to mention media magnate [[Ted Turner]]. Shamed media baron [ ...n see the [[Flag of Thailand|Thai flag]] in some scenes and signs with non-Roman characters in the city while [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] uses the [[
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  • ...ury Christian philosopher, helped keep alive the classic tradition in post-Roman Italy.]] As the [[Western Roman Empire]] declined, the Latin tradition was kept alive by writers such as [[
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  • ...ury Christian philosopher, helped keep alive the classic tradition in post-Roman Italy.]] As the [[Western Roman Empire]] declined, the Latin tradition was kept alive by writers such as [[
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