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Genoa is a fortunate Mediterranean city. It’s a gigantic natural port and thanks to its strategic position the distance between Genoa and the Po Valley was shortened due to the road network.
In ancient times the western entrance into the city didn’t last long. In the 6th century B.C. the port was a small and temporary meeting place for the Ligurian people that lived in the mountains.
In the 2nd century B.C. the confederate of Rome built a consular road network in 148 B.C. that connected the port from Via Postumia to Derthona.
However, 40 years later, the planning of the Aemilia Scauri excluded Genoa from traffic. The eastern part of the Ligurian Region from Luna to Dethrona were bypassed and the lines of communication between the Po Valley and Gallie passed through Vada Sabatia and Albintimilium.
The people of Genoa turn to the shadows even though there is much proof of its great commercial activity that lasted from the Phoenicians up until the first Greek colonies.
But, in the 4th century Genoa fell within the orbit of the Ambrosian Church and it once again regained importance as the protection of the Longobard Kingdom of the Byzantium Empire. In 811 it became the coastal cornerstone of the Marca di Tuscia.
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