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1 The story of Aeneas XII century bC

2 Once upon a time, a prosperous town called... http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Theprocessionofthetrojanhorseintroybygiovannidomenicotiepolo.jpg Troy

3 was completely destroyed by... the Greek army under the command of... http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Troy_Walls.jpg

4 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Masque-agamemnon.jpg...King Agamemnon

5 Only a few Trojan heroes survived the tragedy. Among them... http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giovanni_Battista_Tiepolo_038.jpg...Aeneas, his old father Anchises and his son Ascanius, aka Iulus

6 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guérin_Énée_racontant_à_Didon_les_malheurs_de_la_ville_de_Troie_Louvre_5184.jpg After losing Aeneas’ father in Sicily, they arrived on African shores where they were warmly welcomed by Dido, princess of......Carthage

7 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Affresco_romano_-_Enea_e_di.jpg Dido and Aeneas become... but... lovers...

8 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dido_Cochet_Louvre_ENT2000.10.jpg she cursed him, wished for eternal war between both peoples and eventually committed suicide he abandoned her and...

9 http://commons.wikiemdia.org/wiki/File:Aeneae_exsilia.png Aeneas and his followers reached the Italian shores where... Finally, after a long journey through the Mediterranean,

10 centuries later they built an empire that ruled all the known world http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roman_Empire-117AD.png

11 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colosseum-night.jpg ROME CAPUT MUNDI

12 And some Romans claimed to be descendents of Aeneas’ son... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Giulio-cesare-enhanced_1-800x1450.jpg This is their story... and our History

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