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The best known maritime republics in Italy are Pisa, Genoa, Venice, and Amalfi and they are usually given in that order, reflecting the temporal sequence of their dominance. However, other Italian towns were maritime republics, though less known. These are Gaeta, Ancona and Noli. In addition, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic, in Dalmatia, there was the important Republic of Ragusa, centered on the city of Ragusa (today a part of Croatia with the name Dubrovnik).
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