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Flourished 536 -
Title / Office king (536-540), Italy
Totila
Ostrogoth king
Mausoleum of Theodoric
Theodoric
king of Italy
Theodahad
Ostrogoth king of Italy
Narses
Syrian theologian
Francesco Crispi
Italian statesman
Odoacer
king of Italy
Henry VII
Henry VII
Holy Roman emperor
Umberto I, detail of a portrait by Antonio Piccinni
Umberto I
king of Italy
Alboin
Alboin
king of Lombardy
Oreste Baratieri
Italian governor of Eritrea
Amalasuntha
queen of the Ostrogoths
Giuliano Amato
Italian politician
Attilio Bandiera
Italian revolutionary
Emilio Bandiera
Italian revolutionary
Leonardo da Vinci: self-portrait
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Italian artist
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Italian composer
Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Italian dictator
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Italian revolutionary
Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour
Camillo Benso, count di Cavour
Piedmontese statesman

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