After Pepin the Short swept into Italy and brought the Lombards to their knees, he turned over a large swath of conquered territory to the pope, bringing the Papal States into existence. Brownworth notes that in vastly shrunken form they still exist today as Vatican City.
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Episode 11 (5 mentions)
After Pepin the Short swept into Italy and brought the Lombards to their knees, he turned over a large swath of conquered territory to the pope, bringing the Papal States into existence. Brownworth notes that in vastly shrunken form they still exist today as Vatican City.
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