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The rise of early Rome: transportation networks and domination in central Italy, 1050-500 BC. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781316516805. Grant, Michael (1993). The History of Rome. Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-11461-X. Laffi, Umberto (1992). "La provincia della Gallia Cisalpina". Athenaeum (in Italian). Vol. 80.
1907 - Rome–Formia–Naples railway construction begins. 1925 – Stadio Arturo Collana opens. In September, opening of the Metro Fs, the current Line 2 (first in Italy). 1926 – S.S.C. Napoli football club founded. 1929 – Naples hosts the 1929 World Fencing Championships. 1930 Parthenope University of Naples established.
Italy was formed in 1861 with the union of several states, including the Two Sicilies (with Naples), and Piedmont-Sardinia, including Genoa, some Papal states and Tuscany. Later, Venice and Rome joined. Several of these states had their own naval forces.
The Italian EMUs (elettrotreni), in particular, started the traditional vanguard position of Italy in the field: on 6 December 1937 an ETR 200 travelled on the Rome-Naples line at a speed of 201 km/h (125 mph) in the Campoleone-Cisterna section. [19] Two years later the same train reached 203 km/h (126 mph) on the Milan–Florence line.
The Bay of Naples, by Joseph Vernet, 1748. The population of Naples at the beginning of the 19th century was mostly made up of a mass of people, who were called the lazzarone and lived in extremely poor conditions. As well, there was a strong royal bureaucracy and an élite of landowners.
Including most of the city-states of northern Italy, the League of Venice threatened to shut off King Charles's land route by which to return to France. Charles VIII, not wanting to be trapped in Naples, marched north to Lombardy on 20 May 1495, [24] leaving Gilbert, Count of Montpensier, in Naples as his viceroy, with a substantial garrison. [24]
The final Allied victory over the Axis in Italy did not come until the spring offensive of 1945, after Allied troops had breached the Gothic Line, leading to the surrender of German and Fascist forces in Italy on 2 May shortly before Germany finally surrendered ending World War II in Europe on 8 May. It is estimated that between September 1943 ...
The Italy national football team wins its fourth FIFA World Cup in Germany. September: Italy's engagement is pivotal in the deployment of the UNIFIL peace force after the 2006 Lebanon War. December: Italian government withdraws its troops from Iraq, ending the Operation Ancient Babylon. 2008: Berlusconi's third term as prime minister begins ...