JT wrote:
Italian independence? Isn't Italy a state in the
European Union, with the Euro replacing the Lira?
European Union, with the Euro replacing the Lira?
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17 March 2009 18:42:51
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danimal wrote:
Well...it was more like Rome produced Italy...but whatever...I love their boot shape
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17 March 2009 18:50:05
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Lucente wrote:
@JT -- Nothing wrong with a union. That is what the United States is. Italy still has its soveriegnty.
@danimal -- you do me a disservice. I said that area that is now Italy produced the Roman Empire.
@danimal -- you do me a disservice. I said that area that is now Italy produced the Roman Empire.
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17 March 2009 23:34:26
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danimal wrote:
Tom,
No disservice intended...if it wasn't for all the lead in their wine, Rome might still have lasted another 500 years. For all they did and knew, they never figured out lead in wine kills....unlike the modern Romans, (Italians) that figured out very quickly that lead kills, only the put it in tommy guns...not wine!!!!! lol
No disservice intended...if it wasn't for all the lead in their wine, Rome might still have lasted another 500 years. For all they did and knew, they never figured out lead in wine kills....unlike the modern Romans, (Italians) that figured out very quickly that lead kills, only the put it in tommy guns...not wine!!!!! lol
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18 March 2009 04:05:39
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JT wrote:
You saying that Italy can just do an about face
and split from the European Union, and return to
it's former currency without any penaltys?
and split from the European Union, and return to
it's former currency without any penaltys?
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18 March 2009 09:23:43
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Great anniversary marked today -- Italian independence
On this date in 1861, the Kingdom of Italy was created.
Modern Italy became unified under the house of Savoy on March 17, 1861, largely through the efforts of Camillo Benso, Giuseppe Garibaldi, and Victor Emmanuel II, who became king of Italy that same year. However, the protectorate of Napoleon III over the Papal States delayed the Italian annexation of Rome until 1870, and relations between the Italian government and the papacy, which refused to concede the loss of its temporal power, remained a major problem until 1929, when Benito Mussolini reached an agreement with the Church.
Italy, or at least the area that is now Italy, has been a crucial player in human history for almost three millenia. It produced the Roman Empire. The empire so changed humanity that even today are lives are in many ways touched by the Empire.
Italy produces the world's finest wines and Italian food is almost universally loved. The Italian language is perhaps one of the most beautiful on the planet.
Its contribution to art, music, science, and architecture is unparalled in human history.
Finally, the most important of all, it produced me!
category | Holidays
author | Lucente