The foundation of rome

1. The most important
dates of Italian History

2. THE
FOUNDATION OF
ROME

3. • The foundation of Rome was dated 21 April 753 BC by the
Latin historian Varro,
The Romans developed a complex mythological tale about
the origins of the city and the state, which has come to us
through the works of historical and poetic
The myth tells of a founding work in Romolo Descended
from the royal line of Alba Longa, which in turn descended
from Silvio, the son of Lavinia and Enea, the Trojan hero
arrived in England after the fall of Troia

4. THE JOURNEY OF
ENEA
• As it is said in the Eneide, Enea, son of the goddess Venere,
escapes from Troia with his father Anchise and his son
Ascanio. The journey is long and dangerous. Enea falls in
love with Didone, but by order of the fate of Jupiter he is
forced to leave and take the path of Lazio.
After further travels in the Mediterranean, Enea finally
lands in Lazio. Here, Aeneas is welcomed by Latin King and
his daughter Lavinia.
Thirty years after the founding of Lavinio, the son of Enea,
Ascanio, he founded a new city: Alba Longa, on which his
descendants ruled for many generations.

5. ROMOLO AND REMO
• Romolo e Remo are in Roman mythology twin brothers, one
of whom, Romolo, was the eponymous founder of the city of
Rome and its first king. According to the legend, the sons
of Rhea Silvia were the descendants of Enea and Marte

6. Sicilian school of poetry
1230

7. •
The Sicilian school of poetry is the earliest form of secular literature in
Italy. His promoter was Emperor Frederick II of Swabia. This school saw
its peak between 1230 and 1250. It was born as a court poetry; in fact the
authors of the best-known sonnets are the same Frederick II and
members of his court
The language used was the best Sicilian.
This literary exercise was commissioned by Svevo’s love for poetry or for
his higher intention to unify linguistically his kingdom in southern Italy.
In the Sicilian poetry we see the images and metaphors also typical of
Arabic poetry that still had strong roots in Palermo.
Re Manfredi also continued to cultivate poetry to his court, but when he
died there was a move away and then an abandonment of the Sicilian style
Original lyrics of the Sicilian school of poetry have been lost, and we have
reached only the versions of the fourteenth century, made of Tuscan
transcribers, so it is possible that they have been slightly modified and
"italianised”.

8. 1861

9. The Expedition of the Thousand
and the unification of Italy
In Italy, in the spring of 1860, the political situation was very delicate and the Prime
Minister Cavour began to think about the possibility of unification of the peninsula.
In April 1960 another revolt in Palermo exploded. The Action Party persuaded
Garibaldi to act directly in Sicily, because Vittorio Emanuele wanted to help
volunteers in order to achieve the unity of the peninsula.
In early May of '60 Garibaldi passed to the action with its thousand volunteers.
Departing from Genoa by sea expedition he reached the western Sicily and landed
at Marsala on 11° of May. Garibaldi assumed the dictatorship in the name of Victor
Emmanuel king of Italy and he marched inland with his Thousand, which covered
legendary red shirt.
Garibaldi went over the Strait of Messina and he gave freedom to Calabria and on
September 7° he finally entered in Naples.
Practically southern Italy was free and Garibaldi marched with his troops to Rome
and from this city he proclaimed the Unity of Italy. The meeting of 26° of October, in
Theano, between Garibaldi and the king Victor Emmanuel ended the expedition of
Garibaldi and in fact assured the House of Savoy Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
On March 17th, the new Italian Parliament met at Turin and it could ratify the
achieved unification, attributing to Victor Emmanuele II the title of "King of Italy”.

10. June 2 1946
Women go to vote for the first time in Italy

11. From Monarchy to Republic
 On June 2nd, 1946 million of Italian women, for the first time, all
went together to the polls to cast their vote. They were called to
choose between Monarchy and Republic in a referendum. Thanks to
those 12.718,641 votes, the exile of the House of Savoy was
decreed and it was the beginning of the path that would lead, in
1948, to the elections for the first majority government.
 This episode was the result of years of debates, of long political,
social, cultural battles.
 Nowdays in Italy women have important roles in political life and
they also work for business companies without forget to be mothers
and wives.

13. Pope Giovanni Paolo II ( Karol Józef Wojtyła Wadowice, 18 May 1920)
was the 264º Pope of Catholic Christian Church. He was elected on 16
october 1978.
He was the first Pope, not Italian, after 455 years; moreover he was the first
polish pope of the whole history.
John Paul II took from the beginning of his pontificate vigorous political and
diplomatic action against communism and political oppression, and he is
considered one of the architects of the collapse of the real socialism, already
controlled by the former Soviet Union.
Its 104 trips around the world saw the participation of huge crowds (one of
the largest ever gathered for a religious event). With these apostolic travels,
John Paul II covered a distance much greater than that covered by all other
popes combined. This large contact activities (even with the younger
generation, with the creation of the World Youth Days) was widely
interpreted as a sign of a serious intention to build a bridge of relations
between different nations and religions, in the name of ecumenism, who had
been one of the cornerstones of his papacy.