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Duchy of Rome
The
Duchy of Rome
was a
Byzantine
district in the
Exarchate of Ravenna
. Like other Byzantine states in
Italy
, it was ruled by an imperial functionary with the title
dux
. These were often in conflict with the
Papacy
for the supreme power in
Rome
.
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