What Italy looked like in 1796. In 1796, Italy didn’t exist as a unified country. The peninsula was divided among kingdoms, republics, duchies, the Papal State

What Italy looked like in 1796. In 1796, Italy didn’t exist as a unified country. The peninsula was divided among kingdoms, republics, duchies, the Papal States, and territories controlled by larger European powers. The Kingdom of Sardinia ruled Piedmont and Sardinia, Venice remained an independent…