When historians of the future dig beneath the rubble of 21st-century Italy, they are likely to view Silvio Berlusconi as the last Roman emperor.

Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi is making a rare appearance at his trial in Milan to face charges he paid for sex with an under-age prostitute and then used his office to try to cover it up.

Strippers in nun costumes danced in front of Silvio Berlusconi at his villa, a witness told a Milan court where the former Italian prime minister is on trial for allegedly having sex with an underage prostitute.

GEORGE CLOONEY and his ex-girlfriend, Elisabetta Canalis, were among more than 200 witnesses accepted by a Milan court in the trial of former Premier Silvio Berlusconi for allegedly paying for sex with an underage prostitute.

A MILAN court rejected submissions by Silvio Berlusconi’s defence team in the trial against the Italian premier for alleged bribery and paying for sex with a 17-year-old girl.

ITALIAN prime minister Silvio Berlusconi slammed judges as “a cancer of democracy” during his first appearance at a trial for bribery, one of three court cases he is currently facing.

DOZENS of naked women surround the Italian prime minister vying with each other to arouse him — Silvio Berlusconi’s “bunga bunga” parties as reportedly described to prosecutors by a key participant.