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...y Keller). The last recorded eruptions occurred in the [[5th century|fifth century]] CE when the airborne [[pumice]] covered Roman villages on the island. The ...ontinuous occupation may have been interrupted violently when the late 9th century [[Ausoni|Ausonian]] civilisation site was burned and apparently not rebuilt

...for archeological findings, the region was settled from the 1st millennium BC by several Illyric and [[Ancient Italic peoples|Italic]] peoples. Later, th ...r the ancient [[ancient Rome|Romans]], who conquered it in the 4th century BC but also suffered a crushing defeat here in the [[battle of Cannae]] agains

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...in Trieste include [[Miramare]], a romantic [[castle]] built in the [[19th century]] for [[Austria]]n [[Archduke]] [[Maximilian of Mexico|Maximilian]] and his ...ed its name as ''Tergeste'' in his ''Comentarii de bello Gallico'' in [[51 BC]].

...di Islands were hired out to [[Genoa|Genoese]] merchants and in the [[15th century]] the islands were granted to one Giovanni de Karissima, who adopted the gr ...ere first exploited systematically under the Spanish from about the [[17th century]] onwards. Facing severe financial problems from their ongoing wars, the Sp

...ually [[Italian unification|unified]] amidst much struggle in the 19th and 20th centuries. ...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]

...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

...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.]]

...-drawn carts on the [[Sumer]]ian "battle standard of [[Ur]]" (circa [[3200 BC]])]] ...e in the context of the [[Andronovo culture]], dating to ca [[20th century BC|2000 BCE]]. Shortly later, horse cultures of the [[Caucasus]] region used h

...nal art from the past two centuries. Viennese art from the early twentieth century is well-represented in the permanent collection "Vienna around 1900 and the ...r used to be the most prominent Viennese architect at the turn of the 20th Century. Two museums are dedicated to his work. At the '''Wagner Villa''' [http://w