Commune of Rome
Commune of Rome Communis Romae | |||||||||
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| 1143–1398 | |||||||||
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| Status | semi-autonomous city-state | ||||||||
| Capital | Rome | ||||||||
| Common languages | Medieval Latin | ||||||||
| Historical era | Medieval | ||||||||
• Established | 1143 | ||||||||
• Pope Clement III recognizes a certain autonomy to the city of Rome | 1188 | ||||||||
• Pope Martin V abolishes the city's autonomy, placing it under direct papal control | 1398 | ||||||||
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The Commune of Rome (Latin: Communis Romae) was a semi-autonomous, citizen-led political regime established in the city of the same name, whose emergence can be included within the process of constitution of urban communes in Northern Italy (11th-12th centuries). As a political-administrative entity, the Commune of Rome, with its physical headquarters on the Capitoline Hill, was made up of governing and representative bodies (Arengum or Parlamentum, Senate and Council), justice and finance whose jurisdiction presumably included, from north to south, from the Paglia bridge in Radicofani to Ceprano and, from east to west, from Carsoli to the coastline.