Dorozhand
Banned
As celebrations begin for the Festa della Rivoluzione, the 165th anniversary of the foundation of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Italian Revolutions which followed, the history of XIX Century Italy comes to my mind. It was so improbable that the heroic rebellion of the people of Rome in 1849 would have succeeded in defeating the Pope, then the French, then the Austrians, and finally the Neapolitans and Sardinians, that I would venture to say that in many alternate realities, Italy was either never unified at all, or was unified under a monarchical regime rather than a Garibaldist Republic.
What if Italy had been unified by one of the old kingdoms?
What would the consequences have been on future Italian and European politics?
Would the Italo-Mexican alliance have ever been struck?
What about Austria? Would it have never broken up?
Would a monarchist Italy have pursued a colonial empire rather than condemning the idea?
What if Italy had been unified by one of the old kingdoms?
What would the consequences have been on future Italian and European politics?
Would the Italo-Mexican alliance have ever been struck?
What about Austria? Would it have never broken up?
Would a monarchist Italy have pursued a colonial empire rather than condemning the idea?