Fall of Rome (1849)

Fall of Rome
Part of Unification of Italy and First Italian War of Independence

Artillery battery on the Aurelian Walls during the siege of Rome, June 1849
Date25 April – 2 July 1849
Location
Result Papal Coalition victory
Territorial
changes
Fall of the Roman Republic
Belligerents
Roman Republic
Commanders and leaders
Pope Pius IX
Charles Oudinot
Fernando Fernández
Joseph Radetzky
Carlo Filangieri
Victor Emmanuel II
Giuseppe Mazzini
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Anita Garibaldi
Strength
  • 8,000–10,000 French
  • 13,000 Spanish
  • 5,000 Austrians
  • 20,000 Sicilian
4,000 Bersaglieri

The Fall of Rome (1849) was a conflict between the Roman Republic and Papal Coalition of Pope Pius IX.