The ENTIRE History of Italy: From Rome to the Republic (2,800 Years in 10 Minutes)

A village on seven hills that ruled the known world. A peninsula that invented banking and the Renaissance, then spent 1,300 years divided. A republic that has changed its government 63 times since the war. The full history of Italy in 10 minutes: the founding of Rome (753 BC), the Republic, Caesar and Augustus, the empire at its height under Trajan, Pompeii, the fall of the West and the Lombards (568), the medieval communes, Venice and Florence, the Black Death (1347), the Renaissance, Dante, Leonardo and Michelangelo, the French invasion (1494), the Sack of Rome (1527), plague and Galileo, Napoleon as King of Italy (1805), 1848, Cavour, Garibaldi and the Thousand (1860), the Kingdom of Italy (1861), Rome taken (1870), the great emigration, the First World War, Mussolini and the March on Rome (1922), the Second World War and the partisans, the Republic (1946), the economic miracle, the Years of Lead, Aldo Moro, Bologna, Falcone and Borsellino (1992), Clean Hands, and Italy today. Every date and number comes from Encyclopaedia Britannica (Italy, ancient Rome, Roman Empire, Benito Mussolini). Where numbers are estimates, the video says so. CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 00:20 I · ROME 01:52 II · THE CITY-REPUBLICS 03:05 III · FOREIGN MASTERS 04:35 IV · ONE NATION 06:03 V · WAR AND FASCISM 07:45 VI · THE REPUBLIC NOTE ON IMAGES All photographs, paintings and engravings are from public archives (Wikimedia Commons, public domain or Creative Commons) and were digitally restored. Some were colorized, and a few were animated from a single still using AI. Maps show approximate borders and are illustrative. MAIN SOURCES Encyclopaedia Britannica, Italy (History): https://www.britannica.com/place/Italy/His... Encyclopaedia Britannica, ancient Rome: https://www.britannica.com/place/ancient-Rome Encyclopaedia Britannica, Roman Empire: https://www.britannica.com/place/Roman-Empire Encyclopaedia Britannica, Benito Mussolini: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Benit... PHOTO CREDITS Photos by: Er Cuppolone (179597823).jpeg; Diliff (CC BY-SA 2.5); Capitoline she-wolf Musei Capitolini MC1181.jpg; Danseurs et musiciens, tombe des léopards.jpg; Yair Haklai (CC BY-SA 4.0); (CC BY 2.5); Silar (CC BY-SA 4.0); Steven Zucker (CC BY 2.0); Canaletto (Public domain); BPL (CC BY 2.0); David Roberts (Public domain); Unidentified painter / After Sandro Botticelli (Public domain); sailko (CC BY 2.5); Michelangelo (CC BY-SA 3.0); Antonio Maria Crespi Castoldi (Public domain); Johannes Lingelbach (Public domain); Rijksmuseum (CC0); Justus Sustermans (Public domain); Grand Canal and Doges' Palace by moonlight, Venice, Italy-LCCN2001701063.jpg; Terragio67 (CC BY-SA 4.0); Daniel Case (CC BY-SA 3.0); Felice Barucco (Public domain); unknow person (Public domain); Unknown authorUnknown author (Public domain); Louis William Desanges (1822–1887) (Public domain); Constantin Grünberg (CC BY 4.0); Cassowary Colorizations (CC BY 2.0); Attributed to "Wide World Photos". (Public domain); Cassino. Panorama ruin miasta (2-2141).jpg; Archives New Zealand from New Zealand (CC BY-SA 2.0); Valentino Petrelli (Public domain); Entry of Allied Troops Into Rome, 5 June 1944 TR1843.jpg; Entry of Allied Troops Into Rome, 5 June 1944 TR1841.jpg; Rutger van der Maar (CC BY 2.0); Albertomos (Public domain); Gramantieri (talk) 12:56, 18 June 2020 (UTC) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Prof.Quatermass (CC BY 3.0); Carlo Dani (CC BY-SA 4.0); Superchilum (CC BY-SA 4.0); Paolo Costa Baldi (CC BY 3.0); Wilfredor (CC0); Mайкл Гиммельфарб (CC BY-SA 4.0). Full list with links in the pinned comment. Music and narration are produced for this channel. Narration is AI-generated. #Italy #History #Documentary #ItalianHistory #Rome #RomanEmpire #Renaissance #Garibaldi