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Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony)<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Marcus Antonius known popularly as Mark Antony was a Roman general and statesman best known for his love affair with Cleopatra VII of Egypt and as Julius Caesar\u2019s comrade, He gave the funeral oration after Caesar\u2019s’s assassination which turned the tide of opinion against Caesar\u2019s assassins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of the\u00a0Second Triumvirate\u00a0(43-33 BC), he ruled the Roman Empire with\u00a0Octavian\u00a0Caesar\u00a0(63 BC-14 BC), later\u00a0Agustus\u00a0Caesar, (BC-14) and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus\u00a0(89-12 BC). Antony was born January 14, 83 BC to Marcus Antonius Creticus\u00a0and Julia of the Caesars, Julius\u00a0Caesar’s cousin. He was tutored by his mother and grandmother, Julia Minor (sister of Julius Caesar), and, excelled in education and\u00a0philosophy.\u00a0He was also ambitious and charismatic, traits that helped him rise in Roman politics and the army. He was also one of the most learned and articulate members of Roman elite.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Archimedes<\/strong> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Archimedes<\/strong> was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer, widely regarded as one of the greatest minds of classical antiquity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was born in the city of Syracuse<\/strong> on the island of Sicily. Archimedes made major contributions to mathematics, including the understanding of geometry<\/strong>, calculus<\/strong>, and pi<\/strong>. He also developed methods for calculating areas and volumes that foreshadowed integral calculus. He was also one of the first to apply mathematics to physical phenomena. It is unknown whether he ever married or had children<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Charles Atlas<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Angelo Siciliano was born in Acri, a small town in southern Italy. Angelo immigrated to the United States with his mother and settled in Brooklyn, New York. Skinny and weak, he suffered beatings by a neighborhood bully and his uncle. The statues of Hercules and other mythological heroes that he saw in a local museum inspired him to build his body. As a child, Angelo was reportedly small, sickly, and often bullied. He famously described himself in later advertisements as the “97-pound weakling.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Siciliano studied anatomy and developed his own fitness techniques. Inspired by observing animals in the zoo, he formulated what he called “Dynamic Tension,” a system of exercise that pitted one muscle group against another without the need for weights.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Napoleone di Bonaparte<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769, in Ajaccio, Corsica, shortly after the island became a French territory. He came from a modest noble family and was sent to mainland France for military education at a young age. He trained as an artillery officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Napoleon’s family was of Italian origin. His paternal ancestors, the Buonaparte, descended from a minor Tuscan noble family who emigrated to Corsica in the 16th century. His maternal ancestors, the Ramolinos, descended from a noble family from Lombardy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Gaius Julius Caesar\u00a0<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Gaius Julius Caesar\u00a0was a celebrated Roman general, statesman and author, born into the Julii, a patrician family that claimed descent from Iulus (Ascanius), the son of the Trojan hero Aeneas, and thus from the goddess Venus. Though noble, the Julii were not wealthy or politically dominant when Caesar\u00a0was born. His father, Gaius Julius Caesar\u00a0the Elder, served as a praetor in the military, and his mother, Aurelia Cotta, came from a respected family that played a key role in shaping Caesar\u2019s character and ambitions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alphonse Gabriel Capone\u00a0<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Alphonse Gabriel Capone was born in Brooklyn New York City to Italian immigrant parents, Gabriele and Teresa Capone both born in Angri a small village outside of Naples in the Provine of Salerno. His father was a barber, and his mother was a seamstress. Capone’s parents had eight other children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capone showed promise as a student but had trouble with the rules at his strict parochial Catholic school. His schooling ended at the age of 14 after he was expelled for striking a female teacher in the face. Capone worked at odd jobs around Brooklyn, including a candy store and a bowling alley. From 1916 to 1918, he played semi-professional baseball.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Cincinnatus\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Cincinnatus\u00a0was a farmer, statesman, and military leader. He considered himself a farmer above all, but when he was called to serve his country, he did so well, efficiently, and without question. When he served his country, he made his time as dictator as brief as possible. For his faithful service, he became a\u00a0model of Roman virtue, He was cited by America\u2019s first president George Washington\u00a0as to why he stepped aside after two terms as president although public opinion favored his continuing in office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Christopher Columbus<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Christopher Columbus\u00a0remains one of the most influential, figures in world history. His daring voyages across the Atlantic Ocean\u00a0opened the door for widespread exploration and colonization of the Americas, setting in motion events that would shape the modern world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chick Corea<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Chick Corea\u00a0was a prodigious jazz piano improviser, a versatile composer and a pioneer of 1970s jazz-rock fusion. Admired for his work across many genres from rock and Latin to classical, he was also loved for his palpable delight in live performance, a quality that allowed him to tour relentlessly for five decades without losing his grin of startled gratitude on stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corea was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, to the Boston trumpeter and bandleader Armando Corea and his wife, Anna. Corea was of southern Italian descent, his father having been born to an immigrant from\u00a0Albi, a commune in the\u00a0Province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Joe DiMagggio<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Bigger than the game that made him an American icon, Joe DiMaggio earned a revered place in history with his natural grace, undeniable power, and unparalleled 56-game hitting streak. DiMaggio is both myth and legend who adds intrigue and honor to American history<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Known for his devotion to the game of baseball as much as for his athletic prowess, DiMaggio changed the way America viewed the sport. Fans described his style as pure, graceful and fluid. But his influence did not stop with the game of baseball. DiMaggio was known to bring the same level of devotion and gracefulness to other causes and people in his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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James Gandolfini<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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James Gandolfini amassed more than 50 film and TV acting credits in his career, but in retrospect only one role really matters: Tony Soprano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gandolfini created the character of the tough-talking but vulnerable Jersey mob boss for the groundbreaking HBO series \u201cThe Sopranos,\u201d which debuted in 1999 and ran for six seasons on HBO.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hortensia<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Hortensia\u00a0was a Roman woman who lived in the first century BC. She is remembered for her powerful speech that she delivered to the\u00a0Roman Senate<\/a>\u00a0in protest of a tax that was imposed on women. Her speech was one of the earliest recorded speeches made by a woman in history, and it has been studied and analyzed by scholars for centuries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sofia Loren<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Sophia Loren\u00a0was born as Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone at the Clinica Regina Margherita in Rome. Her mother was a piano teacher and aspiring actress, and her father a failed engineer who worked temporarily for the national railway. Loren claimed in her autobiography that he was of noble descent, Her father Riccardo\u00a0was married to another woman and refused to marry her mother\u00a0Romilda Villani, despite the fact that she was the mother of his two children (Sophia and her younger sister\u00a0Maria). Growing up in the slums of Pozzuoli during the second World War without any support from her father, she experienced great sadness in her childhood. Her life took an unexpected turn for the best when, at age 14, she entered into a beauty contest and placed as one of the finalists. It was here that Sophia caught the attention of film producer\u00a0Carlo Ponti, some 22 years her senior, whom she later married. Under his guidance, Sophia was put under contract and appeared as an extra in ten films before working her way up to supporting roles. In these early films, she was credited as “Sofia Lazzaro” because people joked her beauty could raise Lazarus from the dead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dean Martin\u00a0<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dino Paul Crocetti, was an American singer, actor, comedian, and producer. One of the most popular and enduring American entertainers of the mid-20th century, Martin was nicknamed the “King of Cool” (by Elvis Presly) for his seemingly effortless charisma and self-assurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martin was born in Steubenville, Ohio, to an Italian father, Gaetano Alfonso Crocetti, and an Italian-American mother, Angela Crocetti.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Maria Montessori\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Maria\u2019s father, Alessandro, was an accountant in the civil service, and her mother, Renilde Stoppani, was well educated and had a passion for reading. Dr. Montessori was influenced by her well-educated mother and the rich educational environment of Rome, where her family moved when Maria was 8 years old. Her early immersion in libraries, museums, and schools shaped her vision and passion for learning, guiding her to develop her renowned educational approach.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Benito Mussolini<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini\u2019s father was a blacksmith and a socialist, his mother was a schoolteacher, Benito was their oldest child. Mussolini was an intelligent but rebellious student. A restless child, Mussolini was disobedient, unruly, and aggressive. He was a bully at school and moody at home. Because the teachers at the village school could not control him, he was sent to board with the strict Salesian order at Faenza, where he proved himself more troublesome than ever, stabbing a fellow pupil with a penknife and attacking one of the Salesians who had attempted to beat him. He was expelled and sent to the Giosu\u00e8 Carducci School\u00a0at Forlimpopoli, from which he was also expelled after assaulting\u00a0another pupil. He trained as a teacher, briefly working in that profession. In his early years, he was a socialist activist and journalist, living for a time in Switzerland, where he became involved in radical politics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Luciano Pavarotti<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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His name is synonymous with opera, and the warmth of his artistry has brought joy to millions. Blessed with the sort of voice that comes around perhaps once in a century, Pavarotti placed his unique tenor instrument at the service of the great composers, revitalizing opera and bringing beauty to generations of music lovers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was born in Modena, Italy, where he received his first music lessons from his father Fernando and he gained his first musical experience with the Modena Choir. Lessons with Arrigo Pola and later with Ettore Campogalliani who refined the young tenor’s phrasing and concentration. As a youth Pavarotti was interested in pursuing a career as a professional football\/soccer goalkeeper and taught elementary school for two years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Pontius Pilate<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Pontius Pilate\u00a0remains a pivotal figure in Christian history due to his role in the trial and crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Pontius Pilate served as a Roman prefect (governor) of Judea\u00a0during the reign of Emperor Tiberius\u00a0between 26 and 36 AD. It was during that time that Pilate made the fateful decision, sentencing Jesus to death, and in the process, helping to create a major world religion, Christianity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Marco Polo<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Marco Polo\u00a0was a Venetian merchant believed to have journeyed across Asia at the height of the Mongol Empire. He first set out at age 17 with his father and uncle, traveling overland along what later became known as the Silk Road. Upon reaching China, Marco Polo entered the court of powerful Mongol ruler Kublai Khan, who dispatched him on trips to help administer the realm. Marco Polo remained abroad for 24 years. Though not the first European to explore China, is father and uncle, among others, had already been there, he became famous for his travels thanks to a popular book he co-authored while languishing in a Genoese prison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bianchi Prada<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Miuccia Bianchi Prada was born Maria Bianchi and is an Italian billionaire fashion designer and businesswoman. She is the head designer of Prada and the founder of its subsidiary Miu Rustic hello. her net worth is estimated at US$6.6 billion. She took the name Miuccia Prada in the 1980s, after being adopted by an aunt. Her biological parents were Luigi Bianchi and Luisa Prada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is the youngest granddaughter of Maro Prada, At the age of 21, Miuccia joined the family business, to manage one of the two remaining stores.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Romulus and Remus<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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It would be hard to find two persons who may have had more impact on the course of Italy, Roman history, European history and thus the history of the world than Romulus and Remus. We may question the reality of their existence as real flesh and blood humans, but we cannot question their impact on the course of history. Just as is the case with King Arthur, Buddah, Zeus, Mohammed, Oden, Gilgamesh and others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Frank Sinatra<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Francis Albert “Frank” Sinatra was the only child of Sicilian immigrants, a teenaged Sinatra decided to become a singer after watching Bing Crosby perform in the mid-1930s. He’d already been a member of the glee club in his high school and began to sing at local nightclubs. Radio exposure brought him to the attention of bandleader Harry James, with whom Sinatra made his first recordings, including “All or Nothing at All.” In 1940, Tommy Dorsey invited Sinatra to join his band. After two years of success with Dorsey, Sinatra decided to strike out on his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 1943 and 1946, Sinatra’s solo career blossomed as the singer. The mobs of bobbysoxer fans Sinatra attracted with his dreamy baritone earned him such nicknames as “The Voice” and “The Sultan of Swoon.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Valentino<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Rudolph Valentino\u00a0was an\u00a0actor born\u00a0Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaello Guglielmi di Valentina d’Antonguella,\u00a0to a middle-class family. He was introduced to acting after fleeing\u00a0New York\u00a0City\u00a0following a number of legal difficulties and eventually traveling to San Francisco and meeting actor Norman Kerry, who urged him to pursue a cinema career. Valentino challenged the typical All-American depiction of masculinity. His image was threatening and would cause other men to shun him and actors to refuse to work with such a character. His image led\u00a0journalists\u00a0to regularly call his masculinity (and his sexuality) into question. In the 1920s, Valentino was known as a Latin sex symbol. Women loved him and thought him the epitome of romance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Frank Zappa<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, guitarist, and satirist of the 1960s, \u201970s, and \u201980s. One of the great polymaths of the rock era who, possessed a broader range of skills and interests than any of his peers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was the son of a Sicilian-born meteorologist who worked for the U.S. military, Zappa and his family moved frequently throughout his childhood.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Melanie<\/strong> Anne Safka-Schekeryk<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melanie was known professionally as Melanie Safka, was an influential American singer-songwriter whose music spanned folk, pop, and country and whose career stretched from the late 1960s until her death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melanie was born Melanie Anne Safka<\/em> in the Astoria section of Queens, New York City. Her father, Frederick Safka, was of Ukrainian descent and her mother, Pauline \u201cPolly\u201d Altomare, was a jazz singer of Italian heritage. She showed musical promise early, giving her first public performance on radio at age four. Growing up in Long Branch and Red Bank, New Jersey, she worked the folk club circuit in Greenwich Village while studying acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spartacus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spartacus was from Thrace, an area in southeast Europe that the Romans were trying to subjugate during the first century B.C. He appears to have served in a Roman auxiliary unit deserted and became either a bandit or insurgent against the Romans. At some point he was captured, brought to Rome and sold as a slave to a man referred to at times as “Vatia.” This man owned a gladiator school in Capua, about 120 miles southeast of Rome. In 73 BC while at the school, Spartacus helped organize a breakout that led to more than seventy gladiators escaping armed with knives, cleavers and other makeshift weapons they got from the kitchen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Marcus Antonius known popularly as Mark Antony was a Roman general and statesman best known for his love affair with Cleopatra VII of Egypt and as Julius Caesar\u2019s comrade, He gave the funeral oration after Caesar\u2019s’s assassination which turned the tide of opinion against Caesar\u2019s assassins. As part of the\u00a0Second Triumvirate\u00a0(43-33 BC), he ruled the Roman Empire with\u00a0Octavian\u00a0Caesar\u00a0(63 BC-14 BC), later\u00a0Agustus\u00a0Caesar, (BC-14) and Marcus Aemilius … <\/p>\n

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