The City

Rimini was founded by the Roman Empire as a colony of the Roman Jurisdiction in 268 BC on a pre-existing site between the Ausa and Marecchia Rivers, born as a gat and crossroad.
It became a Municipality and it was registered into the Aniense tribe in the year 90 BC.
In the year 359 AD it became a council headquarter by decision of the Emperor Costanzo II. In the VI century, prior to being conquered by the Lombards, it joined the alliance of the five Bizantin maritime cities. In the VIII century it passed under the Church rule.
In 1157 Federico Barbarossa and the Pope granted it municipal autonomy. It remained under the Malatesta rule until the end of the XIII century and on the XVI century it became part of Cesare Borgia's territories and next it was ruled by the Venetians. In 1509 the Church jurisdiction reclaimed it and it ended in 1860 by popular vote.
The city and its territory then joined the Kingdom of Italy.