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The history of Naples is long and varied, dating to Greek settlements established in the Naples area in the 2nd millennium BC. During the end of the Greek Dark Ages a larger mainland colony – initially known as Parthenope – developed on the Pizzofalcone hill in the 8th century BC, [2] and was refounded as Neapolis in the 6th century BC: [3 ...
Kingdom of Naples, state covering the southern portion of the Italian Peninsula from the Middle Ages to 1860. It was often united politically with Sicily. By the early 12th century the Normans had carved out a state in southern Italy and Sicily in areas formerly held by the Byzantines, Lombards, and Muslims. In 1130 Roger II, on uniting all the ...
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The Kingdom of Naples ( Latin: Regnum Neapolitanum; Italian: Regno di Napoli; Neapolitan: Regno 'e Napule ), also known as the Kingdom of Sicily, was a state that ruled the part of the Italian Peninsula south of the Papal States between 1282 and 1816. It was established by the War of the Sicilian Vespers (1282–1302), when the island of Sicily ...
Conquest of Naples, 1077–1139. The Duchy of Naples, nominally a Byzantine possession, was one of the last southern Italian states to be attacked by the Normans. Since Sergius IV asked for Ranulf Drengot's help during the 1020s, with brief exceptions the dukes of Naples were allied with the Normans of Aversa and Capua.
The Byzantines and the Duchy of Naples, 536 - 1137 AD (CE) The city of Naples in 536 AD (CE) was conquered by the Byzantines, the Eastern Roman Empire. For almost a century Goths, Vandals and Lombards, Germanic peoples, tried to conquer the city of Naples but the Byzantines resisted. Around 660 (date uncertain) the Duchy of Naples was founded.
Naples was subsequently passed from empire to empire throughout the Middle Ages: it remained prosperous during Norman control in 12th century; a German emperor ruled for brief period and oversaw the founding of Naples University in 1224, and in 1265 it was conquered by the French Angevins, who built the majestic Castel Nuovo.
It was ceded to the Austrian Habsburg s in 1713 but was conquered in 1734 by the Spanish Bourbon s, who reestablished the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Napoleon annexed it to France and then made it an independent kingdom (1806–15), after which the Bourbons were restored. In 1860 Naples and Sicily voted for unification with northern Italy.
