Republic of Ragusa

Republic of Ragusa
*Republica de Ragusa* (Dalmatian)
*Respublica Ragusina* (Latin)
*Repubblica di Ragusa* (Italian)
*Dubrovačka Republika* (Croatian)
*Repùblega de Raguxa* (Venetian)
Republic of Ragusa Republica de Ragusa (Dalmatian); Respublica Ragusina (Latin); Repubblica di Ragusa (Italian); Dubrovačka Republika (Croatian); Repùblega de Raguxa (Venetian)
1358–1808
	State flag Coat of arms
	Motto: Latin: Non bene pro toto libertas venditur auro; Croatian: Sloboda se ne prodaje za sve zlato svijeta; Italian: La libertà non si vende nemmeno per tutto l'oro del mondo; "Liberty is not well sold for all the gold"
	Borders of the Republic of Ragusa, from 1426 (encompassing also the area labelled "Neum" until 1718)
Status	Sovereign state which was a Tributary state of:[citation needed] Kingdom of Hungary (1358–1458); Ottoman Empire (1458–1684); Habsburg Austria (1684–1806); French Empire and Kingdom of Italy (1806–1808);
Capital	Ragusa; 42°39′N 18°04′E / 42.650°N 18.067°E
Common languages	Official Latin (1358–1492); Italian (1492–1807); Common Dalmatian[a]; Croatian[b];
Religion	Catholicism
Government	Aristocratic merchant republic (city-state)
Rector as Head of state
• 1358	Nikša Sorgo
• 1807-1808	Sabo Giorgi
Historical era	Middle Ages, Renaissance, Early modern period
• City established	c. 614
• Established	1358
• Fourth Crusade; (Venetian invasion)	; 1205
• Treaty of Zadar	27 May 1358
• Ottoman tributary	from 1458
• Joint protectorate	from 1684
• Invasion by France	26 May 1806
• Treaties of Tilsit	9 July 1807
• Annexation by Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy	31 January 1808
Population
• Estimate	90 000 in the XVI Century
Currency	Ragusa perpera and others
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Republic of Venice
Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)
Illyrian Provinces
Sanjak of Herzegovina
Today part of	Croatia; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Montenegro
	a A Romance language similar to both Italian and Romanian; b While present in the region even before the establishment of the Republic, Croatian, also referred to as Slavic or Illyrian at the time, had not become widely spoken until late 15th century.

The Republic of Ragusa (Dalmatian: Republica de Ragusa; Latin: Respublica Ragusina; Italian: Repubblica di Ragusa; Croatian: Dubrovačka Republika; Venetian: Repùblega de Raguxa) was an aristocratic maritime republic centered on the city of Dubrovnik (Ragusa in Italian and Latin; Raguxa in Venetian) in South Dalmatia (today in southernmost Croatia) that carried that name from 1358 until 1808. It reached its commercial peak in the 15th and the 16th centuries, before being conquered by Napoleon's French Empire and formally annexed by the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy in 1808. It had a population of about 30,000 people, of whom 5,000 lived within the city walls.^[2] Its motto was "Non bene pro toto libertas venditur auro", a Latin phrase which can be translated as "Liberty is not well sold for all the gold".^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Lodge & Pugh 2007, pp. 235–238.
^ David Rheubottom (2000). Age, Marriage, and Politics in Fifteenth-Century Ragusa. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-823412-0.
^ Riley, Henry Thomas (1866). Dictionary of Latin quotations, proverbs, maxims, and mottos. Covent Garden: Bell & Daldy. p. 274. Retrieved 28 February 2010.

[FOOTNOTELodgePugh2007235–238-1] Lodge & Pugh 2007, pp. 235–238.

[2] David Rheubottom (2000). Age, Marriage, and Politics in Fifteenth-Century Ragusa. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-823412-0.

[3] Riley, Henry Thomas (1866). Dictionary of Latin quotations, proverbs, maxims, and mottos. Covent Garden: Bell & Daldy. p. 274. Retrieved 28 February 2010.

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