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Fourteenth century Florence, during the time of Lorenzo de Medici, is a focal point. In the city's bustling streets where commerce flourishes, Peter Junior is returning from some errand on which his father, a draper, has sent him. The boy saunters along then stops when his curiosity is engaged by the workshop of Master Verrocchio: young artists with names like da Vinci, Boticelli, and le Perrugin.
On the time of Julius Caesar, before the Pax Romana.
Lowlights
When Cugnot builds up his roll car in 1770, the trouble with the automobiles commences... There is a first race between Paris and Rouen. Eight hours are planned for 123 kilometers. Anything that came out of the inventors' minds and was built rattles off. In June of 1895, the era of car races if introduced by the competition of Bordeaux to Paris and all the way back.
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