g of Spain and of Austria put an end to a century of Spanish domination. Between the eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries, Italy was dominated by in turn by France and Austria. Later, the Young Italy movement liberated the country from the foreign hold. The unity became total in 1870. After World War 1, Mussolini rose to power and established a dictatorship. He later entered into war at the side of Nazi Germany. In 1943, Mussolini was thrown over and the country capitulated. Republic of Italy was proclaimed in 1946 (6).
             The link between the Roman Empire and the history of Italy is an undenialable fact. Almost all the Italian institutions are built on the ideas of Roman politics modified to modern times (7). The reason to this must be the encouragement of independent thinking in the ancient Roman era. In the time of the Roman's, there was sense of freedom, liberty and open-mind ness. The citizens of the Roman Empire felt they were free to say and think of an idea, as they wanted. Similar to the present day American society in many respect
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