Republic of Ragusa
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The Republic of Ragusa was an aristocratic maritime republic centered on the city of Dubrovnik in South Dalmatia in Southern Europe. It carried that name from 1358 until 1808, reaching its commercial
Dubrovnik before the 1667 earthquake
Painting of Dubrovnik from 1667
A merchant from the Republic, 1708
Ragusan tallero (1½ ducat) of 1752 with the effigy of a former Rector
The Kingdom of Italy was a kingdom in Northern Italy that was a client state of Napoleon's French Empire. It was fully influenced by revolutionary France and ended with Napoleon's defeat and fall. Its
Republic of Ragusa
…reaching its commercial peak in the 15th and 16th centuries. The republic was conquered by Napoleon's French Empire in 1806 and formally annexed by the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy in 1808. By then it had a population of about 30,000 people, of whom 5,000 lived within the city walls. Its motto was "Non bene pro toto libertas…
Napoleon I, King of Italy (1805–1814)
Eugène de Beauharnais, Viceroy of Italy (1805–1814)
Augusto Caffarelli, Minister of War (1806–1810)
Ferdinando Marescalchi, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1805–1814)