Before Rome conquered the world, Italy was a land of peoples, myths and heroes. Long before the legions, the Senate and the Empire, the Italian peninsula was a mosaic of peoples who fought, traded and dreamed: Etruscans, Latins, Sabines, Samnites, Greeks... From that encounter, sometimes peaceful and sometimes violent, rose the city destined to change the history of humanity. In Italy Before Rome, Rome-born author Sergio Coltellacci brings together history, archaeology and the great legends of antiquity to tell how it all began: - The peoples who lived in Italy before Rome and the legacy they left behind.- Aeneas fleeing a Troy in flames and his arrival in Latium.- Alba Longa, the mother city of Rome, and its dynasty of kings.- Romulus and Remus, the twins abandoned in the Tiber and saved by a she-wolf.- The sacred furrow Romulus traced on April 21, 753 BC.- The abduction of the Sabine women, and the women who turned war into union. But this is not just a history book. At the end of every chapter, "The Legacy Rome Leaves Us" brings those lessons into the present: greatness can rise from the humblest beginnings, no community grows in isolation, power without justice ends up destroying itself, and true strength lies in knowing how to unite. Inside you will find: - 10 chapters illustrated in full color.- The original Latin names with their translation.- "10 Points You Must Never Forget," the essence of the book in the author's own words.- An introduction by Arianna Coltellacci, the book's editor. For history lovers, for leaders looking for inspiration, and for anyone who wants to understand why Rome, more than two thousand years later, still lives on in our language, our laws and our cities. Rome wasn't built in a day... and today you can begin to walk the road that made it eternal. ABOUT THE AUTHORSergio Coltellacci was born in Rome. An author, mentor and international speaker, and the creator of the A.M.P. method (Positive Mental Attitude), he has spent more than five decades training leaders. He has published more than fifteen books in Spanish, English and Italian on attitude, sales, leadership, wisdom and history. Also by Sergio Coltellacci: The Roman Legion.
