Verona, in the Veneto region of northern Italy, stands on a bend of the Adige River at a point where routes from the Alps meet the Po plain. Archaeological evidence shows that the site was settled in the first millennium BCE, and ancient writers associate the early town with peoples such as the Raeti and Euganei, followed by the Gallic Cenomani. It came under Roman control and later became an important colony and road junction, with an amphitheatre, the Arena, built in the first century CE. In the Middle Ages it flourished under the Scaliger family and then belonged to Venice from 1405 until 1797. The city is also the setting of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, and its old town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Before and after
- from 553 BCE to 428 CEKingdom of Armenia
- c. 550s BCEConstruction of Circus Maximus
- 551 BCEDeath of Zoroaster
- 551 BCEBirth of Confucius
- 550 BCEFounding of Verona
- from 550 BCE to 366 BCEFounding of Peloponnesian League
- from 550 BCE to 330 BCEAchaemenid Empire
- 550 BCEBirth of Darius I
- from 550 BCE to 1979Persian Empire
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