Facts in brief:
Located on the Adriatic Sea; was founded by Greeks from Syracuse; thrived as Roman naval base after Illyrian War of 178 BC; given to
popes by Charlemagne in AD 774; later was maritime republic; again under papal rule from 1532.
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