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Julius CaesarRoman general and dictator (100–44 BC)
AugustusRoman emperor from 27 BC to AD 14
MichelangeloItalian artist and architect (1475–1564)
CiceroRoman statesman and lawyer (106–43 BC)- ItalyCountry in Southern and Western Europe
Virgil1st-century-BC Roman poet
RomeCapital and largest city of Italy
GiottoItalian painter and architect (c. 1267–1337)
Sandro BotticelliItalian Renaissance painter (1445–1510)
RaphaelItalian painter and architect (1483–1520)
Gian Lorenzo BerniniItalian sculptor and architect (1598–1680)
Filippo BrunelleschiItalian Renaissance architect (1377–1446)
HoraceRoman lyric poet (65–8 BC)- ItaliansEthnic group native to Italy
FuturismArtistic and social movement
Battle of CannaeLargest battle of the Second Punic War (216 BC)- CatalansEthnic group
Great Fire of RomeConflagration in Ancient Rome (AD 64)
Julio-Claudian dynastyRoman imperial dynasty
Flavian dynastyRoman imperial dynasty (r 69–96 CE)- IItalian RenaissanceItalian cultural movement from the 14th to 17th century
- Battle of AdrianopleBattle between Eastern Roman Empire and Goths (378)
- LiguresAncient ethnic group in Northern Italy
Battle of Monte CassinoBattle of World War II- SabinesAncient Italic people
Battle of Caporetto1917 battle on the Italian front of World War I
August 2016 Central Italy earthquake
Battle of MarengoPart of the War of the Second Coalition (1800)
Severan dynastyRoman imperial dynasty (ruled 193 to 235)
Battle of the Milvian Bridge312 AD battle in the Civil Wars of the Tetrarchy
ArbëreshëEthnolinguistic group in Italy
Battle of Lake Trasimene217 BC battle of the Second Punic War
SamnitesItalic people living in Samnium in south-central Italy
Antonine PlagueDisease outbreak (165–180 CE)
Battle of the TrebiaFirst major battle of the Second Punic War
Battle of SolferinoFinal battle of the Second Italian War of Independence- Social War of 91-87 BCEWar between Rome and its Italian allies
2009 L'Aquila earthquakeEarthquake in Abruzzo, Italy- Adriatic VenetiAncient people in modern-day Veneto
Slow FoodOrganization that promotes local food
Five Good EmperorsDynasty of 7 Roman Emperors from 96 AD to 192
Battle of Marignano1515 battle of the War of the League of Cambrai
Cloaca MaximaMain sewage system of Ancient Rome
1908 Messina earthquakeEarthquake in southern Italy- SSardiniansPeople from (or residents of) Sardinia
Battle of Taranto1940 British naval victory over Italy in WWII
Battle of Anzio1944 battle in Italy
Battle of the Frigidus394 AD battle between Theodosius and Eugenius
Costa Concordia disaster2012 cruise ship sinking off the Italian coast
VolsciItalic Osco-Umbrian tribe in Ancient Italy
Battle of LissaThird Italian War of Independence naval battle
Bologna massacre1980 terrorist bombing of train station in Bologna, Italy
Sienese schoolPainting style developed in the 14th century Siena
Battle of TicinusBattle between Carthaginian and Romans forces in 218 BC- Arte PoveraItalian art movement
Allied invasion of Italy1943 military campaign of World War II resulting in the fall of the Kingdom of Italy
Battle of Legnano1176 Lombard victory over Emperor Frederick Barbarossa- AAllobrogesGallic people
- MMessapiiIapygian tribe
Seveso disasterToxic chemical leak in Italy in 1976
Plague of CyprianPandemic in the Roman Empire (AD 249–262)
Battle of the AlliaBattle between Gauls and Roman Republic, c. 387 BC
Italian War of 1521–1526Military conflict between France and the Habsburgs- ElymiansAncient tribal people in western Sicily
- SicaniAncient people of Sicily
- BBattle of Beneventum275 BC Battle of the Pyrrhic war
Battle of Vittorio VenetoBattle during World War I (October–November 1918)- Battle of HeracleaBattle in 280 BC between the Romans and Pyrrhus of Epirus
- Battle of Nedao5th-century internal battle in the Hunnic Empire
Assassination of Julius Caesar44 BC murder in Rome- War of the League of CognacSeventh phase of the Italian Wars (1526–1530)
- AequiItalic tribe in Ancient Italy
Years of LeadPeriod of social and political turmoil in Italy
Battle of NovaraBattle during the First Italian War of Independence- BBattle of the Aegates IslandsNaval battle between Carthage and Rome in 241 BC
Capture of Rome1870 completion of Italian unification
Battle of BeneventoBattle between the troops of Charles of Anjou and Manfred of Sicily
2012 Northern Italy earthquakesSevere earthquakes centered in Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Battle of Custoza1848 battle of the First Italian War of Independence
Battle of the Piave RiverWorld War I battle won by Italy
Battle of MagentaBattle of the Second Italian War of Independence- Battles of the IsonzoSeries of major battles between Italy and Austria-Hungary during WWI
- Battle of Asculum279 BC battle of the Pyrrhic War
Battle of Adrianople (324)Constantine I's victory over Licinius- Battle of the Metaurus207 BC battle during the Second Punic War
Battle of Agrigentum262 BC naval battle between Carthage and Rome
Battle of Mons LactariusBattle between Byzantine Empire and Ostrogothic Kingdom during Gothic War
Battle of HimeraBattle of the Sicilian Wars
Diocletianic PersecutionPersecution of Christians in the Roman Empire (303–313)- Battle of TaginaeBattle of the Gothic War in 552 AD
Battle of CustozaBattle of Sudza- BBattle of Drepana249 BC Carthaginian naval victory in the First Punic War
Battle of the Bridge of Arcole1796 battle of the Italian campaign of 1796–1797
Battle of VercellaeBattle during the Cimbrian War (101 BC)