The Shortest History of Italy 3,000 Years from the Romans to the Renaissance to a Modern Republic - A Retelling for Our Times

Contents“That People in Togas”: Ancient Italy and the Roman Republic“Let the Die Be Cast”: The Crisis of the Roman Republic“Masters of All in Existence”: The Roman Empire“From a Kingdom of Gold to One of Iron and Rust”: Decline and Fall of the EmpireGoths, Longbeards, Franks, Saracens, and Normans: Italy Under the “Barbarians”“All the Cities of Italy”: The Middle AgesItaly’s Age of Gold: The Renaissance“Go, Thought, on Golden Wings”: Italy in the Illuminismo“Here We Make Italy”: The Risorgimento“Dov’e La Vittoria?”: The Kingdom of ItalyThe “Putrid Corpse” of Liberty: Italy Under Fascism“Andra Tutto Bene”: Italy Since the War