Commune of Rome

Italian city-state from 1143 to 1193

The Commune of Rome was established in the summer of 1143 after a rebellion led by the people of Rome. A people's revolt was led due to the increasing powers of the Pope and the entrenched powers of the higher nobility. The goal of the rebellion was to organize the civil government of Rome in a similar fashion to that of the previous Roman Republic, including the reestablishment of the Senate. Giordano Pierleoni was elected "first Patrician of the Roman Commune" by the Senate in 1144 and served as the commune's leader, though he was deposed in 1145. Arnold of Brescia later became associated with the commune as early as 1145 and gave it much-needed intellectual leadership.

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