:''See also
Roman Republic and
Roman Republic (19th century).''
Flag of the Roman Republic, with the black stripe instead of the blue one of the
flag of France.
The 'Roman Republic' (
Italian: ''Repubblica Romana'') was proclaimed on
February 15 1798 after
Louis Alexandre Berthier, a general of
Napoleon, had invaded the city of
Rome on
February 10.
The Roman Republic was a
client republic under the
French Directory composed of territory conquered from the
Papal States.
Pope Pius VI was exiled to
France and died there in
1799. In 1799 it was united with another French client state, the
Tiberina Republic. The Roman Republic was short-lived, as the Papal States were restored in June of
1800.
The Roman Republic flag was a vertical
tricolour black-white-red, taken from the
French tricolour, as granted by Napoleon. It was governed by a clique of
consuls, like the ancient
Roman Republic. French forces had invaded the Papal States partly in revenge for the murder of French general
Mathurin-Léonard Duphot in 1797.
See also
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Historical states of Italy
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