The Nevada Democrat., 1860-12-06
Tarin--Tts EARLY history.

Ah"s Pi0"e"ne ouu hiSniy Interesting cor
respondent Of the Bulletin, who has for a
year or more been sketching Europe, from
Paris to Piedmont, writes, under date of
September lst, the following brief story of
the early History' Of Turin, the beauti-
ful capital of Piedmont
About ID. @. 500 colony of Lieurians
laid the foundation of Turin, and IL was not
long before the town became one of consid-
cradle size and Importance. This tribe or
colony was called Turini. and hence the
name OF the city. The msfortunes that fell
upon Turin, commenced with Hannibal
when he descended from his celebrated mas.
sage of the Alps. He found the place non-
ulous aud powerful, and endeayored to gain
IT as an ally, failing in which, and feaTinD
its hostility, ne fell upon it with fire and
sword, and entirely DESTROYED il. II soon.
however, arose from its ruins. and became n
Roman colony, and received within its walls
an army of reserve which Julius Cmsar left
there when he marched against the Gauls
After this, Constantine DESTROYED the citv
because IL espoused the cause of Maxent;nS
Again it arose from its ruins, and was AGAIN
sacked and ruined Stilichio. From this ca
lamity 1t recovered, and was then sacked
and destroyed by Atilla. After this. phoe.
hiA,hke, IL sprung up again, and was again
sacked ny odoacer. In fact, all the barba
ran noroes VINO successively established
themselves IN Italy, left fatal traces of their
power ana ferocity at Turin. To all these
events ana disasters it proved superior
soon recovering Its former wealth and DO
sltlon: for some time after the destruction
occasloned by Odoacer, it enjoyed compar
aliVe peace under Ducal government of
its own creation.
upon the invasion Of the Lombards il
rel into Their hands, and it seems under
their rule to have rapidly increased in now
er ana wealth-so much SO, that il was rails
ed to the rank of capital of one of the
Ducnles OF that Kingdom. This prosperity
continued, with but slight Interruptions, un-
I'll Charlemange crossed the Alps destroy
ed the Lombard Kingdom, aud placed the
Marquis de Snse in power at Turin. and
conferred upon him princely authority.
rms power was enjoyed and exercised bv
tne mouse OF Suse until 1915, when Alderic
Moniredi Ill, the last male representative
oi the house, married his only daughter and
child, Adelaide, to Often, Count de Mauri.
enne, OF savoy, and gave her his domiuions
ior her dover. This was the origin of the
present royal family of Sardinia.
After the sovereignty had passed into the
mouse OF savoy, Turin continued to suffer
more OF iess from war, mostly with or on
account OF rranoe-sometimes as an ally.
and sometimes as an enemy, In 1896
Francis l. of France, conquered Piedmont
ana becoming enraged at the prolonged re-
sistahce OF Turin, wholly destroyed four of
its richest suburbs, aud greatly Injured the
city itself From this calamity 1t had not
recovered when It was compelled to stand a
siege (in l649) during the contest between
the French aud Spaniards, and against the
former to whom it was finally forced TO
capitulatc. After this, in 17O6, Il was again
compelled to stand another siege, and again
against the French. This time, however,
the French army was defeated, after having
kept up the siege for three months.