Italy+-+History

Roman Colosseum Italy's History > 265 B.C-Romans took over last Etruscan city
 * 800-600 B.C-Greeks and others move to southern Italy to settle down
 * 753 B.C-Rome is founded by Romulus, begining of the Roman Kingdom
 * 509 B.C-Rome becomes a Republic
 * 499 B.C-Romans defeat Latins and Etruscans in battle of Lake Regillus
 * 49 B.C-Caesar forces Pompey out of Rome
 * 27 B.C-Augustus(Caesar's grandnephew) becomes first emporer of the Roman Empire
 * 1200-1600 A.D-Rome,Florence and Venice prosper during the Renaissance
 * 1861 A.D-Italy becomes a unified nation under King Victor Emmanuel II
 * 1915-Italy fights in World War I on the side of the Allies
 * 1940-1943-Italy sides with Germany and fights in World War II
 * 1943 A.D- Dictator Benito Mussolini is forced to resign
 * 1946 A.D-Italians vote to end the monarchy and to be democratic republic
 * 2008-Billionaire Silvio Berlusconi returns to be prime minister as a third term