 romagna (romagnol: rumÃ¢gna) is an italian historical region that approximately corresponds to the south-eastern portion of present-day emilia-romagna. traditionally, it is limited by the apennines to the south-west, the adriatic to the east, and the rivers reno and sillaro to the north and west. the region's major cities include cesena, faenza, forlÃ¬, imola, ravenna, rimini and city of san marino (san marino is a landlocked state inside the romagna historical region). the region has been recently formally expanded with the transfer of seven comuni (casteldelci, maiolo, novafeltria, pennabilli, san leo, sant'agata feltria, talamello) from the marche region,marche addio: all'emilia romagna sette comuni dell'alta valmarecchia corriere della sera, july 29, 2009 (in italian) which are a small number of comuni where romagnolo dialect is spoken. thumb|right|300px| map of romagna, showing its administrative divisions (new territories not shown) ==etymology== the name romagna comes from the latin name romÃ nia, which originally was the generic name for "land inhabited by romans", and first appeared on latin documents in the 5th century. it later took on the more detailed meaning of "territory subjected to eastern roman rule", whose citizens called themselves romans (romÃ ioi in greek). thus the term romÃ nia came to be used to refer to the territory administered by the exarchate of ravenna in contrast to other parts of northern italy under lombard rule, named langobardia or lombardy. romÃ nia later became romandÃ¬ola in vulgar latin, meaning "little romÃ nia", which became romagna in modern times.romÃ nia e romagna rione madonna delle stuoie (in italian) thumb|left|120px| the caveja, the symbol of romagna ==history== ===prehistory=== a number of archaeological sites in the region, such as monte poggiolo, show that romagna has been inhabited since the paleolithic age. ===umbri and gauls=== the umbri, speaking an extinct italic language called umbrian, are the first traceable inhabitants of the region. the etruscans also dwelt in some portions of romagna. in the 5th century bc, various gaulish tribes, most notably the lingones, senoni and boii, moved south into italy, and sacked rome in 390 bc. the senoni utterly subjugated the umbri and
Geographical,_historical_and_cultural_regions_of_Italy Geography_of_Emilia-Romagna Historical_regions History_of_Emilia-Romagna