Curated playlist
Italian states
- Republic of GenoaIn 1284, Genoa's fleet beat Pisa's at the Battle of Meloria. Pisa never fully recovered as a sea power.
- Corsican RepublicAlexander Hamilton and his King's College classmates called their militia group "The Corsicans".
- Roman RepublicThe Roman Republic began with one act of violence and ended with another.
- Italian Republic (Napoleonic)Napoleon was president of an Italian republic while also ruling France. It lasted only from 1802 to 1805.
- Kingdom of ItalyOn the 26th of October 1860, at the town of Teano, the revolutionary general Giuseppe Garibaldi shook the hand of Victor Emmanuel II and hailed him as King of Italy. Garibaldi was a republican. With that gesture he gave up his hopes for an…
- Italian Social RepublicHitler threatened to destroy Milan, Genoa and Turin unless Mussolini led a new Fascist state.
- Western Roman EmpireThe Western Roman Empire ended in 476 with barely anyone noticing. A Germanic leader deposed a teen emperor.
- Ligurian RepublicThe Ligurian Republic came back to life for exactly three months in 1814. Napoleon's fall briefly restored it.
- Republic of VeniceThe Republic of Venice fell without a battle in 1797. Napoleon's ultimatum ended a state that lasted over 1,100 years.
- Duchy of MilanA single document signed in Prague in 1395 created the Duchy of Milan. It made Gian Galeazzo Visconti a duke.
- Kingdom of NaplesThe Kingdom of Naples never officially used the name Naples. Its title meant Sicily on this side of the lighthouse.
- Roman EmpireThe Roman Empire began as a republic run by elected officials. It still lasted, in one form or another, until 1453.