Free Trade Absolutist

eventually “British” will become a protected identity and we’re gonna slap a union jack on that thing

Chicken parm is one of my favorite recipes to cook for my family - it's quick and easy, and the kids love it. I've even put my own twists on the recipe, which you won't see often at a restaurant!

Table of Contents

Geological formation of the Italian peninsula

Out of Africa thesis and early hunter-gatherer inhabitants

The formation of the Roman state: early kings

The birth of the Roman Republic: later kings to the Gallic sack of Rome

Rise of Rome through the Punic Wars

Roman Hegemony, Caesar, and Augustus

The Julio-Claudians and early principate

Crisis of the Third Century

Diocletian, Constantine, and the spread of Christianity

Fall of the Western Roman Empire

Byzantine reconquest and continued war

Charlemagne and the Holy Roman Empire

Norman lords, Guelphs and Ghibellines: The High Middle Ages

The Republic of Venice

City States and Italian Communes

Charles V and the Italian Wars

Ottoman menace

Napoleon

Slouching Towards Risorgimento

First War of Italian Independence

Second War of Italian Independence

Third War of Italian Independence

Italy Unified

Conquest of Tunisia

The First World War: Shattered upon the Isonzo

The rise of Fascism

Trains running on time: Themes and Frustrations of Fascist Italy

Cinema and Culture in Fascist Italy

The 2006 World Cup