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The history of Italy is roughly divided into the following periods:
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The Roman times (8th century BC - 5th century AD) |
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The Middle Ages and the Renaissance (6th-15th centuries) |
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Italy under foreign domination and the Italian unification (16th-19th c.) |
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The Kingdom of Italy and the period of the World Wars (1861-1945) |
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The Italian Republic (1946-present) |