page_title: Military history of Italy
hierarchical_section_title: Military history of Italy
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Evoluzione geografica dell'Italia nel periodo Romano [1]
context_page_description: The military history of Italy chronicles a vast time period, lasting from the overthrow of Tarquinius Superbus in 509 BC, through the Roman Empire, Italian city-states, Italian unification, and into the modern day. The Italian peninsula has been a centre of military conflict throughout European history: because of this, Italy has a long military tradition. Today Italy is the 8th country by Military Strength Index.
context_section_description: The military history of Italy chronicles a vast time period, lasting from the overthrow of Tarquinius Superbus in 509 BC, through the Roman Empire, Italian city-states, Italian unification, and into the modern day. The Italian peninsula has been a centre of military conflict throughout European history: because of this, Italy has a long military tradition. Today Italy is the 8th country by Military Strength Index.
caption: Augustus created the first political/military entity called "Italia" in 27 BC, later expanded to include the islands of Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica by Diocletian in 292 AD
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