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==Annexation of Rome==
Napoleon's campaign on the Italian penninsular from 1796 to 1797, was one of the
After crossing the Alps on April 1796 and a successful victory over Piedmont on the 14th May, Napoleon turned his attention south of Piedmont to deal with the Papal States. Napoleon, skeptical over divided command for the invasion, sent two letters to the Directory. The letters let the Directory relent the invasion for a while. Soon after the Austrian defeat at the Battle of Lodi and their retreat to Minico, the French invaded the Papal States two years after the battle. The main motivation for the invasion was due to the murder of French diplomat, Ugo Bassville, a Frenchman with a common hatred against the states and delusions of grand plunder via conquest. After the successful invasion and a deciseve victory at Fort Urban, the Papal States became a Satelitte state renamed the Roman Republic, under the leadership of Louis Alexandre Berither, one of Napoleon's generals.<ref>http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/campaign_napoleon_italy_1796.html</ref> Under the Treatry of Tolentino, Rome was forced to accept an ambassador of the French Republic<ref>Imperial City: Rome under Napoleon, Susan Vandiler, {pp.20}</ref> and Pope Pious VI was forced into exiled to France, where he would later die.
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