Italian Unification Events

Risorgimento italian_unification.1

Under the heroic leadership of … …, the Italian nation has been birthed into the world. Unified under a common banner, Italy will surely shape the future of Europe and the world.

"Yes, young men, Italy owes to you an undertaking which has merited the applause of the universe. You have conquered and you will conquer still, because you are prepared for the tactics that decide the fate of battles. To this wonderful page in our country's history another more glorious still will be added, and the slave shall show at last to his free brothers a sharpened sword forged from the links of his fetters."

Unification with … italian_unification.2

Inspired by our leadership of the peninsula, the government of the small Italian state of … has petitioned to join our efforts to unify the Italian people.

"The old city-states have a quaint romantic appeal; we can look back to the days of the Renaissance to see a thriving Italy. But to thrive again, we must look forward, not back. It is unity under a single state that will drive the Italian people to greatness once more."

Tricolors Over … italian_unification.4

"Traitors! Traitors in the midst! Sound the alarm, call for the guards at once!" "Do you mean the suited men beside me, senor? I should hope so, since you were foolish enough to announce your presence. Now, I shall make this plain, as your raving ineptitude forced our hand in the first place: a united Italy is rising. It demands a place on the world stage, and it won't be cared for by men of your ill-fitting ilk."

Italian Nationalists Seize … italian_unification.5

Inspired by calls for the establishment of a single Italian nation, nationalist rebels have seized … and pledged themselves to the unification of Italy under the banner of … ….

A unified Italy has never been far from the lips of the mad and the ambitious alike. Indeed, a splendid reawakening of the peninsula would give even the single God pause. Such attempts have been folly in the past. Yet in furtive whispers, there is a belief that there may be hope for a new Rome to rise.

Italian Nationalists Overthrow … Government italian_unification.6

Inspired by calls for the reunification of Italy, nationalist rebels have seized … and declared a republic over its former sovereign territories.

What the aide brought to him was incredulous: another attempt at bringing the Italian peninsula under a single banner. It seemed impossible, divided between at least a half-dozen petty lords and city-states that would as soon strangle each other as Europe. But as the aide spoke, it became plain that this was no idle boast. No, this merited envoys, carrying either a gladius or an olive branch.

Five Days in … italian_unification.7

Following unrest amongst the Italian population of Lombardy-Venetia, nationalist rebels have declared the formation of the …, a revolutionary state founded to seize independence from … rule.

A rider in white, astride a white mare, passed along the grounds near where the … took breakfast that morning. The footman who approached … with sweat seeping from every cracked pore carried a blood-red letter. The Italian holdings had entered revolt. The next sweating aide to enter carried another report: these revolting territories called for reinforcements. Reinforcements, … … knew, that would surely be coming.

The Italian War of Independence italian_unification.8

Revolutionaries in … have declared the formation of a …, independent from the rule of …. They call for aid from all Italian states in their struggle.

"Mother... my mind is made up. I am going to Venice, with or without your blessing." "Good, fine, go! No son of mine would ever waste his life on something so meaningless as a flag. I've already lost brothers and uncles to this sort of useless adjudication of penne lengths. Stay here and be safe!" "It's anything but useless, mother! We have a chance to be one Italy again. We could go anywhere, do anything again. We would have something again!"

Whispers of Risorgimento italian_unification.10

The winds of nationalism have begun to pass through the long-divided states of the Italian peninsula. … patriots and romantic scholars alike have begun to call for the unification of a single Italian state.

"No, signore. I am not a foreigner, and I am not …. I am an Italian, and an Italian in Italy is never a foreigner."