Article: Through time.(Brief Article)(Chronology)

5000 B.C. Farming communities that use stone tools and paint pottery thrive in the area that will later be known as Italy.

800 B.C. Greeks immigrate into southern Italy.

A.D. 330 Emperor Constantine I transfers his capital from Rome to Constantinople. The western Roman Empire eventually falls as a result.

800-1806 The era of the Holy Roman Empire.

1300s-1500s The arts flourish during the height of the Italian Renaissance.

1796-1814 Napoleon Bonaparte's army invades Italy, and a large section of northern Italy comes under French rule.

1814 Italy is divided into three Papal States: the Austrian duchies, the Kingdom of ...

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