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Shakespeare’s “Fair Verona” of Romeo and Juliet fame, Verona was first a favorite of ancient Roman emperors and the “barbarian” rulers that followed.
Proponents of this theory recall ancient rulers such as the Pharaoh Ramses II and Aztec King Nezahualpilli, both of whom sired more than 100 children.
The neighbouring Austrian Habsburg rulers, fearful that Vienna would be the Ottoman empire’s next conquest, proclaimed themselves rulers of Hungary, thus creating a buffer zone between themselves and the Turks.
Under the caliphs, southern Spain knew prosperity and peace, for the Moors were relatively tolerant rulers and taxed non-believers rather than trying to convert them.
Instead, in a number of cases their rulers sought to buy off local Islamist movements by ceding control of many social and educational issues.