Trying to frame historical states into modern territories (today's Italy began to unify almost 300 years later, in the mid XIX century) makes no sense, and doesn't help understanding the historical context.
For those interested, this is what that area looked like in 1559:
Trying to frame historical states into modern territories (today's Italy began to unify almost 300 years later, in the mid XIX century) makes no sense, and doesn't help understanding the historical context.
For those interested, this is what that area looked like in 1559:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/It%C3%A0...
(the article is about the green part).
Update: typo