including Samnium, parts of Molise and the oriental Basilicata. During the thirteenth century, the name Apulia was used by some authors to signify the southern part of the Italian peninsula. Historian David Crouch suggests that Stephen abandoned from the challenge around this time to focus on other issues. Only a handful of them (earldoms) had existed under Henry I and these had been largely symbolic. During the War of the First Coalition, light quickly began to be shed upon a young Corsican artillery officer, following the French Revolution: Napoleon Bonaparte. Although not a resolver of the conflict, the French victory at the Battle of Marengo forced the Austrians to give Italy up for the second time. The blockage of Villeneuve's fleet resulted in giving up the invasion plan