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.]] The Roman Republic ( 1798 after Louis Alexandre Berthier , a general of Napoleon , had invaded the city of Rome on February 10 . The Roman Republic was a Client Republic under the French Directory composed of territory conquered from the Papal States . Pope Pius VI was exiled to France and died there in 1799 . In 1799 it was united with another French client state, the Tiberina Republic . The Roman Republic was short-lived, as the Papal States were restored in June of 1800 . The Roman Republic flag was a vertical Tricolour black-white-red, taken from the French Tricolour , as granted by Napoleon. It was governed by a clique of Consul s, like the ancient Roman Republic . French forces had invaded the Papal States partly in revenge for the murder of French general Mathurin-Léonard Duphot in 1797. SEE ALSO |
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