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Failure of Cola di Rienzo's third term in office

Type Event Region Europe Time 1354

In 1354, populist leader Cola di Rienzo served a third term as Roman tribune, but quickly fell from power and was killed by a mob on the Capitoline H…

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  1. 1354Rome · LazioWith the tacit approval of Pope Innocent VI, Cola di Rienzo returned to Rome, proclaimed himself tribune and announced a plan for Italian unification. He initially gained some popular support, but soon provoked noble and citizen discontent through tax increases and autocratic measures.
  2. 1354Capitoline Hill · RomeAfter Cola's regime collapsed, Cola di Rienzo was besieged and killed by an angry Roman mob on the Capitoline Hill, ending his dream of Italian unification and the popular republic experiment, as Rome fell back into noble factional strife.

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