Talk:Republic of Cospaia

With articles like these it always strikes me that these "independent states" come about because some clerk made a mistake and somehow a small village got forgotten by history. I have my doubt about independent states like these. Seems more like folklore to me than political science. How does an unclear border situation become a Republic? Gerard von Hebel (talk) 19:14, 13 August 2015 (UTC)

It also strikes me as odd that the Coat of Arms includes the year the "Republic" came to an end. Gerard von Hebel (talk) 22:23, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

Interestingly enough, Wikipedia does not base articles on whether you have a good feeling about them in your gut.70.51.112.227 (talk)

Neither should they be based on the speculative consequences of unclear situations. Gerard von Hebel (talk) 11:04, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Clarification needed

Re: "every Cospaiese, as "compensation", obtained a papal silver coin and the authorization to continue tobacco cultivation". Was that every adult male, every adult, every male, or literlly every human being, who got a silver coin? (I note that the text of it.wikipedia version of this article is similarly ambiguous.) Acwilson9 (talk) 09:11, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

existence of republics

The republican form of government was relatively uncommon until the French Revolution. There were maritime republics (with aristocratic institutions), the Republic of San Marino and the alleged Republic of Senarica (in Abruzzo), with an elected doge akin to the system used in Venice, but their real existence has not been historically proven with proper documentation.

Still puzzled about this. Is the existence of the Republic of San Marino, for example, in doubt? —Tamfang (talk) 02:15, 1 June 2023 (UTC)