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...from the city foundation until the last attempt of the [[Byzantine Empire|Roman Empire of the East]] to conquer Rome. ...]]/[[673 BC]] – reign of [[Numa Pompilius]]: creation of the [[Roman senate]] and the priestly offices

...[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

...wall in honor of the emperor who had made the harbor, is one of the finest Roman monuments in the Marche. Most of its original bronze enrichments have disap ...resting pre-Roman ([[Picene]]) objects from tombs in the district, and two Roman beds with fine decorations in ivory.

...[Blue Grotto]] ('Grotta Azzurra'). Above all are the ruins of the Imperial Roman villas. ===Ancient and Roman times===

...Enzio]], King of [[Sardinia]], an illegitimate son of [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor]]. ...d recreates a regime of the [[feudalism|feudal]] type, creating a communal senate composed of the landowning nobility, the new rich, and the papal nobility.

...most likely abandoned after Hannibal's arrival. Mutina was refounded as a Roman colony in [[183 BC]], to be used as a military base by [[Marcus Aemilius Le ...tus]]. [[Octavian]] came to the rescue of Brutus, and with the help of the Senate, drove Antony away.

[[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]].

...a]], the Etruscan civilization and especially the [[Roman Republic]] and [[Roman Empire|Empire]] that dominated this part of the world for many centuries, I ...to''), consisting of a Chamber of Deputies (''Camera dei Deputati'') and a Senate (''Senato della Repubblica''), a separate [[judiciary]], and an [[executive

...eputies]] (''Camera dei Deputati'') (630 members) and the [[Italian Senate|Senate of the Republic]] (''Senato della Repubblica'') (315 elected members, plus The Italian judicial system is based on [[Roman law]] modified by the [[Napoleonic code]] and later [[statute]]s. It is bas

...pire]] after the [[Decline of the Roman Empire|fall of Rome]] in [[Western Roman Empire|the West]] and even the [[Lombards]] failed to consolidate it, thoug ...of Sicily efficiently. However, it lasted only 64 years before the [[Holy Roman Emperors]] long-held designs on the region came to fruition. The [[Hohensta

...icance in 1987 when its leader, Bossi, was elected to the [[Italian Senate|Senate]]. Since then he has commonly been referred to as the ''Senatur'', the word ...Chamber of Deputies|Chamber of Deputies]], 17 of the 325 [[Italian Senate|Senate]] seats, and three ministers: [[Roberto Maroni]] at Labour and Social Affai

...Romeo Anconetani|Arena Garibaldi]]'' in 1991. Also [[Ancient Rome|ancient Roman]] authors referred to Pisa as an old city. [[Servius]] wrote that the Teuti ...] and [[Carthago|Carthaginians]]. In 180 BC it became a Roman colony under Roman law, as ''Portus Pisanus''. In 89 BC, ''Portus Pisanus'' became a [[municip

...most likely abandoned after Hannibal's arrival. Mutina was refounded as a Roman colony in [[183 BC]], to be used as a military base by [[Marcus Aemilius Le ...ius Brutus]]. [[Augustus|Octavian]] relieved the city with the help of the Senate.

...l>City [[motto]]: ''Senatus Populusque Romanus &ndash; [[SPQR]]''<br/>(The Senate and the People of Rome)</small> ...City|Vatican]], a sovereign [[enclave]] within Rome, is the seat of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]located at St. Peters square, and the home of the [[Pope]]

...ed by the Boii, a Gallic tribe, whence the ancient name ''Bononia'' of the Roman colony founded in c.189 BC. The settlers included 3,000 Latin families led ...ani'' (intersecting streets) which are still discernible today. During the Roman era, its population varied between c.12,000 to c.30,000. At its peak, it wa

...the towered Crown with rostrums, the emblem of honour and valour the Roman Senate awarded to the leaders of naval victories, conquerors of lands and cities a

...n [[Rome]] and Carthage. By the end of war ([[242 BCE]]) all Sicily was in Roman hands, becoming Rome's first [[province]] outside of the Italian peninsula. ...killed-- in [[210 BCE]] the Roman consul [[M. Valerian]] told the [[Roman Senate]] that "no Carthaginian remains in Sicily".

Though the people of Venice generally remained orthodox [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholics]], the state of Venice was notable for its freedom from religious ...ted the Compagnie della Calza ("Trouser Club") to which they belonged. The Senate passed [[sumptuary law]]s, but these merely resulted in changes in fashion