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The flag of Latium is single-coloured pale blue and shows in the middle the logo of the region. This is an octagonal emblem, which is divided into nine fields. Four of them show the Italian national colors, the other five fields show the of the coats of arms of the five provinces of Latium: Viterbo, Rieti, Rome, Frosinone, Latina. There are variations of the flag with laurel and olive branches on the left and on the right side of the emblem, and a golden crown above. There are also versions of the flag, which additionally show the golden inscription "REGIONE LAZIO". Furthermore are known, white flags with the emblem of Latium.
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all names in Italian
Source: Volker Preuß
Area: 6.644 square miles
Inhabitants: 5.865.500 (2019)
Density of Population: 883 inh./sq.mi.
Capital: Rom (ital.: Roma), 2.837.300 inh. (2019)
official Language: Italian
Time Zone: GMT +1h
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6th cent. B.C. · in the Latium settle the Latins, whose territories belong compelety to Rome since ca. 290 B.C.
410 A.D. · invasion of the Western Goth
476 · dismissal of the last Roman emperor Romulus Augustulus, end of the (West)Roman Empire, Latium belongs until 493 to the Empire of the Odoaker
536 · conquest by Byzantium (East Rome)
568/569 · Langobards conquest the Latium and incorporate it into their empire
756 · the Latium goes together with the today's Umbria as fiefdom from the King of the Franks to the Pope ("Donation of Pippin"), establishment of the Papal States (Patrimonium Petri)
774 · conquest of Italy by the Franks, the Papal States persist
843 · at the division of the Frankish Empire the Papal States come to the Kingdom of Italy
961 · Otto I. brings the Papal States to the German Kingdom
1209 · a large part of the Duchy of Spoleto (today a part of Umbria) gets purchased from the Papal States (Patrimonium Petri)
1796 · Italy Campaign of Napoléon
1798 · French troops of Napoléon march into Rome, the Pope goes to Valence in France, the Papal States (Patrimonium Petri) become the "Roman Republic", in 1799 Papal States again, but is in 1809 annexed by France
1799 · withdrawal of the French troops, invasion of troops from the Kingdom of Naples, the "Roman Republic" ends
1801 · concordat with France, restore of the Papal States
1808 · Marches and the Romagna become separated by Napoléon from the Papal States and annexed to the Kingdom of Italy under King Napoléon I.
1815 · Congress of Vienna, restore of the Papal States
1860 · Umbria, Marches and the Romagna become annexed by Sardinia-Piedmont
17th of March 1861 · coronation of Victor Emmanuel II. of Sardinia-Piedmont to the King of the Kingdom of Italy
1947 · establishment of the Latium region as administrative unit
Source: Meyers Konversationslexikon,
Atlas zur Geschichte,
Wikipedia (D)
The name "Latium" was already used in ancient times. It describes the initial settlement area the Latins, but only the farthest south of the today's Latium was meant with this term in the antiquity (Latina).
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