Do you know about the time when Italy tried to rebuild the Roman Empire? --- Ciao! Siamo Gabriele e Angelique. Benvenuti nel nostro podcast! We are passionate language learners, and we record for you the language learning podcast we’d like to play when we learn new languages. Our podcast in mixed English and simple Italian helps beginners and intermediate Italian language learners enjoy engaging content about Italy, its language, and its culture from day 0 of their language learning journey. --- Slowly but surely, more people are becoming more aware of the dark past of colonialism that was led by countries such as Spain, Portugal, the English, and the French, to name a few. But what about the Italians? In this episode, Gabriele recounts the highlights or milestones – be it the good and the bad - that took place during one of Italy’s almost forgotten chapters of its history – its colonialist history in Africa. Sadly, many choose to neglect this part of history and associate it with fascism. It turned out that Italy started its colonial history by purchasing the Bay of Assab in 1869, 52 years before fascism started. --- As an Italian, Gabriele believes that we should not recount these episodes because we are proud of having dominated and conquered other populations. Disclaimer: Nothing to be proud of over there. Instead, we must remember the strength we showed and the challenges we overcame as a reminder of what we can achieve in the future when fighting for a more fair and just goal. ---- If you liked our episode with Garibaldi, you should not miss out on this! In the meantime, you can support us by leaving us a review in Apple Podcast and on Spotify and joining our Patreon community. Listen NOW to our conversation and learn about colonialism by the Italians. --- Did you like our episode? Rate us! If you have any thoughts or comments on our podcast, e-mail us at [email protected]. Also, Follow us on Instagram & Facebook Support us using Patreon Sign up for our newsletter Book your language classes and get extra $10 italki credits  Music credits: storyblocks.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/italian-escape-podcast/message