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Roman Republic (1798–1799)
Republic on the Apennine Peninsula between 1798–1799 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the ancient republic, see Roman Republic. For the short-lived Revolutionary state, see Roman Republic (1849–1850).
The Roman Republic (Italian: Repubblica Romana) was a sister republic of the First French Republic. It was proclaimed on 15 February 1798 after Louis-Alexandre Berthier, a general of the French Revolutionary Army under the rule of Napoleon Bonaparte, had occupied the city of Rome on 10 February. It was led by a Directory of five men and comprised territory conquered from the Papal States. Pope Pius VI was exiled to France and died there in August 1799. The Roman Republic immediately took control of the other two former-papal revolutionary administrations, the Tiberina Republic and the Anconine Republic. The Roman Republic proved short-lived, as Neapolitan troops restored the Papal States in October 1799.
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Quick Facts Repubblica Romana (Italian), Status ...
Roman Republic | |||||||||||||
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1798–1799 | |||||||||||||
Motto: Il popolo solo è sovrano (Italian) The people alone are sovereign | |||||||||||||
![]() Departments of the Roman Republic in 1798 | |||||||||||||
Status | Sister republic of Revolutionary France | ||||||||||||
Capital | Rome | ||||||||||||
Common languages | Italian | ||||||||||||
Government | Directorial Republic | ||||||||||||
Directory | |||||||||||||
• 1798–99 | Roman Directory | ||||||||||||
Legislature | Legislative Council | ||||||||||||
Historical era | French Revolutionary Wars | ||||||||||||
18 February 1798 | |||||||||||||
• Neapolitan invasion | 30 September 1799 | ||||||||||||
Currency | Roman scudo, Roman baiocco | ||||||||||||
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