New Year’s Eve is sometimes referred to as the 'festa di San Silvestro’ in Italy. But who was Saint Sylvester and how did his ...

In July 69 AD, Vespasian was proclaimed emperor by his troops, as well as legions in Egypt and Syria. He marched on Rome. Once in Italy, they found themselves facing Vitellius’ army: for the ...

He had a lifetime of service to Rome and its emperors ... senator and governor of Upper Germany. The first emperor to have been born outside Italy, Trajan came from southern Spain.

Italy’s parliament has approved the government’s 2025 budget, worth a total of 30 billion euros — more than half of that in ...