History of Genoa
Part of a series on the
History of
Italy
Early
Prehistoric Italy
Nuragic civilization
(18th
–
3rd c. BC)
Etruscan civilization
(12th
–
6th c. BC)
Magna Graecia
(8th
–
3rd c. BC)
Ancient Rome
Kingdom
(753 BC
–
509 BC)
Republic
(509 BC
–
27 BC)
Roman expansion in Italy
Roman Italy
Populares
and
Optimates
Empire
(27 BC
–
286 AD)
Western Empire
(286 AD
–
476 AD)
Praetorian prefecture of Italy
Romano-Barbarian Kingdoms
Odoacer's
476
–
493
Ostrogothic
493
–
553
Vandal
435
–
534
Lombard
568
–
774
Frankish
(
Carolingian Empire
)
774
–
962
Germanic
(
Holy Roman Empire
)
962
–
1801
Medieval
Italy in the Middle Ages
Byzantine reconquest of Italy
(6th
–
8th c.)
Islam
and
Normans
in southern Italy
Maritime republics
and
Italian city-states
Guelphs and Ghibellines
Early modern
Italian Renaissance
(14th
–
16th c.)
Italian Wars
(1494
–
1559)
Catholic revival
(1545
–
1648)
Mid-16th c. to early 19th c.
Napoleonic
Italy (1801
–
1814)
Republic
Kingdom
Risorgimento
(1815
–
1871)
Young Italy
Modern
Monarchy
(1861
–
1946)
Colonial Empire
(1882
–
1960)
Italy in World War I
(1914
–
1918)
Fascism
(1922
–
1943)
Italy in World War II
(1940
–
1945)
Fascist
Italian Social Republic
,
Partisans
and
Italian Civil War
(1943
–
1945)
Republic
(1946
–
1994)
Years of Lead
(1970s
–
1980s)
Maxi Trial
(1986
–
1992)
Mani pulite
(1992
–
2001)
Contemporary
Second Republic
(1994–2022)
Great Recession
(2007
–
2009)
European migrant crisis
(2014
–
2016)
COVID-19 pandemic
(2020
–
2023)
Rinnovamento
(2021
–
present
)
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Genoa
, Italy, has historically been one of the most important ports on the Mediterranean.