Maddalena walked briskly through the cobbled streets of Testaccio, her leather satchel slung over her shoulder, filled not only with books on philosophy
Young Marco Carrocci, a stone carver, is a rising star in the bustling workshop of a celebrated sculptor
Flavius Potitus, an Ostia Antica cisiarius robust young man commands his chariot with the skill and precision of a seasoned driver
Gaia Acilia Lavinia: an independent girl before her time
Anita Garibaldi a rebel spirit fighting for freedom and social justice.
The liberation of Rome in WW II happened on June 4th 1944 by the American troops of general Clark after nine months of bloody, oppressive Nazi German occupation
Italy's Republic celebration day is celebrated on June 2: the birth of the modern nation in a similar way to the French 14th July and the American 4th July.
Foundation of Rome: legend tells that on this day, April 21st 753 b.C., Romolus (first king of Rome to be) draw the boundaries of what was going to become Rome on the Palatine hill
Livia Drusilla lived to be 86 years old, 52 years of which spent with her husband Octavian Augustus, the first emperor of Rome.
Garibaldi is considered a true hero of the Italian Risorgimento (ie: the fight and struggle for liberation and unification of Italy), recognized internationally