| |
| | italian history, italy, history,italian history by Tricolore |
 | | And it was due to them, in all probability, that Rome was founded towards the middle of the 8th century BC on one of the numerous hills (the Palatine) in the marshy depressions surrounding the river. |
 | | After having survived the danger of new Gallic invasions, which in 390 BC had crossed the Po Valley and the Apennines to sack Rome itself after having defeated armies first at Chiusi and then on the banks of the Allia (387 BC), Rome completed the conquest of Lazio. |
 | | With her predominance in Central Italy consolidated, Rome prepared to extend it over the rest of the peninsula during a ten-year conflict with Taranto (282-272 BC), who was allied with the king of Epirus, Pyrrhus. |
| www.tricolore.net /history2.htm (682 words) |
|