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That wasn't Italy, was the Republic of Genoa. Trying to frame historical states into modern territories (today's Italy began to unify almost 300 years later, i
by fauria 3y ago
That wasn't Italy, was the Republic of Genoa.
Trying to frame historical states into modern territories (today's Italy began to unify almost 300 years later, in the mid XIX century) makes no sense, and doesn't help understanding the historical context.
For those interested, this is what that area looked like in 1559:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/It%C3%A0lia_-_Fin_dei_Gu%C3%A8rras_d%27It%C3%A0lia_%281559%29.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/It%C3%A0...
(the article is about the green part).
Update: typo
- teloli 3y agoThe idea of Italy as a very specific place is much older than Italy as an independent, unified nation state though. A famous example from Dante’s Inferno: «Sì com’a Pola presso del Carnaro, ch’Italia chiude e i suoi termini bagna» (Inferno, Canto IX, 113-114).
- kjs3 3y agoThe trope that some modern nation or culture 'invented' or 'created' something centuries or millennia before the modern incarnation existed is a tried and true page from the nationalist handbook[1]. It's unfortunate that it's so common and readily accepted. The real history of these kinds of finds is usually so much more interesting. [1] Not that I think the article or it's authors have a nationalist agenda.