Independent state centered on the Southern Italian city of Amalfi
Duchy of Amalfi
958–1137
Flag
Coat of arms
Italy, and the Duchy of Amalfi (a small state in bright yellow), at the close of the tenth century.
Status
Independent state
Capital
Amalfi
Common languages
Latin, Greek, and Neapolitan
Religion
Roman Catholicism, Judaism, Eastern Orthodox Church
Government
Elective duchy
Duke
• 957–958
Mastalus II (first)
• 1096–c.1100
Marinus Sebastus (last)
Historical era
Middle Ages
• Duke elected
958
• Sacked by Pisa
1137
Population
• 1131
70,000
Currency
Solidus Tarì
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Duchy of Naples
Kingdom of Sicily
Today part of
Italy
The Duchy of Amalfi (Latin: Ducatus Amalphitanus) or the Republic of Amalfi was a de facto independent state centered on the Southern Italian city of Amalfi during the 10th and 11th centuries. The city and its territory were originally part of the larger ducatus Neapolitanus, governed by a patrician, but it extracted itself from Byzantine vassalage and first elected a duke (or doge) in 958.
During the 10th and 11th centuries Amalfi was estimated to have a population of 50,000–70,000 people.[1] It rose to become an economic powerhouse, a commercial center whose merchants dominated Mediterranean and Italian trade in the ninth and tenth centuries, before being surpassed and superseded by the other maritime republics of the North and the Centre: Pisa, Venice, Genoa, Ancona and Gaeta. In 1073, Amalfi lost its independence, falling to Norman invasion and subsequently to Pisa in 1137.
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