Italy
Italy comprised the peninsula's city-states and kingdoms, divided for centuries after the Lombard invasion of 568. In 1805 Napoleon became king of an Italian state centred on northern Italy, which fell with his defeat in 1814.
Italy comprised the peninsula's city-states and kingdoms, divided for centuries after the Lombard invasion of 568. In 1805 Napoleon became king of an Italian state centred on northern Italy, which fell with his defeat in 1814.