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The history of Corsica goes back to antiquity, and was known to Herodotus, who described Phoenician habitation in the 6th century BCE. Etruscans and Carthaginians expelled the Ionian Greeks, and remained until the Romans arrived during the Punic Wars in 237 BCE.
The recorded history of Corsica begins about 560 bce, when Greeks from Phocaea in Asia Minor founded the town of Alalia on the east coast. Carthaginian domination followed in the early 3rd century bce, until the whole of the island was conquered by the Romans in a series of campaigns from 259 to 163 bce. Together with Sardinia, Corsica formed a ...
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Corsica's second-largest town is Bastia, located in the prefecture of Haute-Corse. Corsica was ruled by the Republic of Genoa from 1284 to 1755, when it seceded to become a self-proclaimed, Italian-speaking Republic.
Apr 12, 2023 · Here’s a timeline of the events that have made Corsica what it is today. 6,000BC – the megalithic archaeological site of Filitosa testifies to the presence of settlements in Corsica at least 8,000 years ago. c. 1,900BC – the Torrean civilisation establishes settlements south of Ajaccio.
First exile of Pasquale Paoli in June 1769. The resistance movement on the island is crushed by French troops in 1774. In 1789 the brand new French government declares Corsica an integral part of France. In 1790 Pasquale Paoli returns to Corsica and with the help of the English tries to resume power.
In 1769, Corsica was ceded back to France, bringing the island into the French fold. Later that year, the island's most famous son, Napoleon Bonaparte, was born in Ajaccio. In 1790, Paoli returned to the island and, supported by England, succeeded in declaring independence from France.
Pascal Paoli led the war in 1753 and proclaimed the Corsican Republic in 1755. Genoa, which had been at war since 1729, was exhausted and asked France for help. Despite Paoli's victory at Borgu, the defeat at Ponte Novu meant the end of Corsican independence for France. Paoli made Corsica the first modern republic.
