Colonies in Machiavelli's age

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Maybe situation in Bohemia after Thirty years war ? Expulsion of protestant elities (together with confiscation of their properties) by Austrian Emperor ? And grating their properties to catholic aristocracy ?

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A medieval example quite similar to Roman colonies may be Alghero. Since the city offered a fierce resistance to Aragonese rule, its population was replaced by Catalan colonists in 1354 and the city became an Aragonese stronghold in the long time rebellious Sardinia. As a result, Catalan language is still spoken nowadays in Alghero.

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I am sure there were a lot of small colonies, but historically speaking nobody was interested in recording groups of Italians from one city moving to another city. The Italians had numerous colonies in the Greek islands, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and in Dalmatia. As an example, Pula, which has a very nice harbor has always had a very strong Italian influence, being colonized by Venice, Genoa and Pisa at various times. Even today people speak Italian in Pula.

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