American romantic fantasy movie “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part I” premiered at the Rome Film Festival.
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Italian Artist Caravaggio signed his first commission contract to paint the Contarelli Chapel in the French church in Rome.
The Great Fire of Rome started when the merchant shops around the Circus Maximus caught fire.
A monk put an end to gladiator fighting in Rome.
Terrorists attacked Rome's Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino International Airport, leaving thirty dead.
Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for his trial before the Roman Inquisition.
