About this podcast
Italy is not a country—it’s a palimpsest. From the Etruscan hill-towns to the Roman Republic’s Forum, from the warring signorie of the Renaissance to the Unification Risorgimento, the Italian peninsula has been the forge of Western civilization. Lucas and Luna guide you through the layers: how a small Latin city-state conquered the Mediterranean, why the fall of the Western Empire gave birth to the Papal States, and how Florence’s Medici bankrolled the artistic explosion that still defines our…
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The Story of Italy: Rome, Renaissance, and the Birth of Modern Europe — Fexingo History
About this podcast
Italy is not a country—it’s a palimpsest. From the Etruscan hill-towns to the Roman Republic’s Forum, from the warring signorie of the Renaissance to the Unification Risorgimento, the Italian peninsula has been the forge of Western civilization. Lucas and Luna guide you through the layers: how a small Latin city-state conquered the Mediterranean, why the fall of the Western Empire gave birth to the Papal States, and how Florence’s Medici bankrolled the artistic explosion that still defines our…
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- The Medici Bank: How Money Funded the Renaissance7 Sept · 8 min
- The Sack of Rome: 1527 and the End of Innocence6 Sept · 9 min
- The Last Roman Emperor and the Fall of Constantinople5 Sept · 8 min
- The Medici Bank: How Money Funded the Renaissance4 Sept · 15 min
- Michelangelo's Secret War Against the Pope3 Sept · 12 min
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- Borgia Bloodlines: Alexander VI and the Roman Papacy1 Sept · 10 min
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