Lipari -- The Greek period. Transition : the Romans conquer the island (263 B.C.-212 B.C.) -- Romans. Transition : Germanic peoples move south (ca 425-468) -- Vandals, Goths, Byzantines. Transition : the coming of the Muslims (827-902) -- Muslims. Transition : the coming of the Normans (1061-1091) -- Normans. Transition : from Hauteville to Hohenstaufen (1189-1194) -- Hohenstaufens. Transition : from Angevin to Aragon (1282-1285) -- Spanish. Transition : a break from the Spanish (1713-1734) -- Bourbons. Transition : Garibaldi (1848-1860) -- The Savoy Kingdom of Italy. Transition: World War II and its aftermath (1943-1948) -- Autonomous region