Brescia

The Republic of Brescia was a republic in northern Italy during Season 2 of Brazilian Mapping's Alternate History of Europe series. They claimed to be the successor of Venice, and therefore an eternal enemy of the Italic Union.
On the Tatsumaki score ranking, "Brescian" is Level 2.
== Fifth Lombard War (The First Uprising) ==
(Episode XI: "Fiasco")
On October 8th, 1519, the Duchy of Milan collapsed, as the Duke had died without an heir. Savoyard troops entered Milanese territory, seeking to reach the border with Italia on a quest to liberate Venice. As the Ambrosian Republic of Milan was declared, so was the Republic of Genoa, as another Savoyard puppet. At this time, the Republic of Brescia was also created, but as soon as they declared to be the successor of Venice, Italia declared war, joining the Milanese side. Brescia was completely overrun, and the short-lived republic was annexed into Italia, creating the rift between them and Milan. The leader of the Brescian Uprising, Angelo Marangon, became a Papal Cardinal, keeping his hate for Italia hidden well.
== Second Italian War (The Second Uprising) ==
(Episode XIV: "Checkmate")
On February 7th, 1533, as Italia seemed to be losing the Second Italian War, Marangon began a second uprising in Brescia, standing alongside the Lombard Republic. As the Lombards advanced on Venezia, Brescia secured the flanks. On October 7th, a treaty was signed in Venezia, which formalised the end of Italic rule over Brescia.
== The Italian Schism ==
(Episode XV: "Calamity")
During the First Italian War, Marangon had been in Rome when it was besieged by the Italic army, but he did not escape alone. He helped Pope Clement VII escape to Florence, where he resided until January 31st, 1538. It was this day when Lombardy declared their quest to reinstate Clement and remove antipope Gennarus I. They declared war on the Papacy, joined by Brescia. Rome was taken in early December, and a treaty on January 10th, 1539 saw the reinstitution of Pope Clement VII.
== Fourth Italian War ==
(Episode XVII: "Heaven")
When Italia entered the War of the Leagues, and invaded Habsburg Austria, Brescia joined Lombardy once again in a war against Italia in 1568. They managed to advance and reach the Adriatic Sea through Romagna. However, further north, a Lombard army retreating from Padua unknowingly left General Bruno Morosini near the city, where he was killed by the Italic King, Giuseppe di Sancarlo. This gave the Italic armies all the morale they needed to drive the rest of the Lombard-Brescian armies out of Romagna, and Italia claimed Mantua from Brescia when the war was ended.
Once the War of the Leagues was over, Brescia found an unlikely friend in the Nile Sultanate, who also vowed to kill Italia.
"For their legacy." - Brescia and Nile, 1571.
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