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Roman Italy
Roman Italy
was created officially by the
Roman Emperor
Augustus
with the
Latin
name
Italia
. It was the first time in history that the
Italian peninsula
(from the
Alps
to the
Ionian Sea
) was united under the same name. In the year 292, the three islands of
Corsica
,
Sardinia
and
Sicily
were added to Roman Italy by Emperor
Diocletianus
.
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