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Assess the view that Rome was essential to the unification of Italy To some extent it can be seen as wholly plausible to accept the fact that without Rome, Italy would geographically have remained a disunited country. The city of Rome was the obvious natural capital of Italy, the Catholic Church had always been the countries main unifying element. Thus, it makes logical sense that Rome being the countries religious capital was essential for the Italian public to feel that unification had been successfully achieved. This belief had previously been enforced by Mazzini, who was Head of the Roman Republic together with the help of his associate Garibald(1849) in the attempt to make Italy an independent nation and drive out the French garrison in Rome. Many Italian liberals also shared this view, they were disappointed that Rome had failed to be included in 1860. Every state had been united...

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