The states present in Campania around the year 1000. In red, the Duchy of Gaeta
Capital
Gaeta
Common languages
Medieval Latin
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Government
Oligarchy
Duke
• 839–866
Constantine of Gaeta (first)
• 1121–1140
Richard III of Gaeta (last)
Historical era
Middle Ages
• Established
839
• Disestablished
1140
Currency
Follaro gaetano
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Duchy of Naples
Kingdom of Sicily
Today part of
Italy
The Duchy of Gaeta (Latin: Ducatus Caietae) was an early medieval state centered on the coastal South Italian city of Gaeta. It began in the early ninth century as the local community began to grow autonomous as Byzantine power lagged in the Mediterranean and the peninsula due to Lombard and Saracen incursions.
The primary source for the history of Gaeta during its ducal period is the Codex Caietanus, a collection of charters preserving Gaetan history better and in greater detail than that of its neighbouring coastal states: Naples, Amalfi, and Sorrento. In 778, it was the headquarters from which the patrician of Sicily directed the campaign against the Saracen invaders of Campania.
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