Friday, October 2, 2015, 6pm 

The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute: 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor - New York, N.Y. 10036

Calabria guerriera e ribelle (Calabria, Warrior and Rebel) by Giampiero Mele

A cliché has it that Calabria's history is always in transit. Spartacus and Hannibal had gone to Calabria not to pass through but to recruit warriors and organize. Julia, daughter of Augustus, who can be considered the Lady Diana of 2000 years ago, was confined to Reggio Calabria and died there because of Emperor Tiberius, her ex-husband. In this book, several Calabria lovers or travelers express their feelings for this region that has much history and beauty yet to be discovered. Giampiero Mele (Rome 1958) graduated in 1983 with a degree in Political Sciences from La Sapienza University of Rome and gained a Masters degree in Mass Communications at the University of Southern California at Los Angeles. 

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