Papal States (Caesar of Rome)

The Papal States were territories in the Italian peninsula under direct rule of the pope from the 700s until 1486. The states were considered to be a manifestation of the power of the pope. They were among the major powers of Italy from the eighth century until the dissolution of the States during the in 1486.

When to the Ottomans, the States were dissolved and conquered by the Ottoman Empire as well as  and. The majority of the nation was incorporated into the, under the regional control of the. Eventually, some of the land was restored during the Spanish reconquest of the peninsula in the early 1500s as the Territory of.