Genoa

  • Genoa is a port city and capital of the Liguria Region of northern Italy. It has been an important maritime city since Antiquity.
  • It was known as Stalia to the Ligurians and Oppidum Genua to the Romans, according to Pliny the Elder. It was located in Italia.

Roman History

  • A Roman ally during the Third Punic War (149-146 BCE), Genoa was given Municipal Rights and became a Roman city with an Amphitheatre.

Medieval Sea Power

  • During the medieval period, the Genoese Republic (11th century CE-1787 CE) became a Mediterranean Sea Power whose great Sea Rival was the Venetian Republic of Venice.
  • Genoa, known as Gennes in French, has a claim to being the origin of the blue denim cloth called Jeans (after Gennes) today ‘Blue Jeans’, which was exported throughout Europe during the rule of the Genoese Republic.
  • The oldest chartered Bank in the world, the Bank of St. George, was founded in Genoa in 1407 CE.

Museums

  • Ligurian Archeology Museum
    • Located at Viale Durazzo Pallavicini, 16156 Genoa.
    • The museum covers every period of Ligurian history, including the Roman period.

Roman Roads

 

Ancient Port of Genoa

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