History Of Lodi
The history of Lodi, Lombardy, Lodi, a city and ''Communes of Italy, commune'' in Lombardy, Italy, draws its origins from the events related to the ancient village of ''Laus Pompeia'', so named from 89 BC in honor of the Roman consul Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo. The settlement was founded by the Boii in a territory inhabited since the Neolithic, Neolithic period by the first nomadic farmers and breeders;. in later eras, the town became a Roman ''municipium'' (49 B.C.), a diocese (4th century) and finally - after coming under the control of the Lombards and the Franks - a free commune (11th century). In the Middle Ages, by virtue of its privileged geographical position and the resourcefulness of its inhabitants, the township undermined the commercial and political supremacy of nearby Milan; the tension between the two municipalities resulted in a bitter armed conflict, in the course of which Ambrosian militias destroyed Laus twice. The city was refounded at the initiative of Emperor Fr ...
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