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Tumult in Rome Spreads as Spain Faces Court Insults
From Rome to Vienna and Berlin report a growing crisis over affronts to the Ecclesiastical State. Spanish envoy Acquaviva protests, while Campo and Colonna clans are penalized for not supporting the Cardinal. Two thousand Spanish troops near Rome and word of further forces chase the conflict. Meanwhile Venice proclaims free port status and the Doge marries the sea. News from Warsaw, Paris, and Naples records strategic talks, troop movements, and political shifts as European powers seek a lasting peace.
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Rome
Spain
Colonna
Borghese
Barberini
Cesarini
Cardinal Acquaviva
Cardinal Barbetini
Velletri
Duke de Montemar
Tuscany
Warsaw
Baron de Keyserling
Asaph
Della Zabache
Constantinople
Luttich
Munich
Venice
Senate
Vienna
Lorrain
Duke of
Bashan
Bosnia
Berlin
Stanislaus
Count de Ligny
de Karte
Konigsberg
Marquess de la Chetard
Naples
Don Carlos
Barbary
Leghorn
Alexandria
Havock
Grand Cairo
Theodore
Bastia
Nice
Provence
Italy