Jesi ( Italian: [ˈjɛːzi] ) is a comune (municipality) in the province of Ancona , in the Italian region of Marche .
3-744: It is an important industrial and artistic center in the floodplain on the left (north) bank of the Esino river, 17 kilometres (11 mi) before its mouth on the Adriatic Sea . Jesi (Iesi) was one of the last towns of the Umbri when, in the 4th century BC, the Senones Gauls invaded the area and ousted them. They turned it into a stronghold against the Piceni . In 283 BC the Senones were defeated by
6-771: The Romans. Jesi in 247 BC became a colonia civium romanorum with the name of Aesis . During the fall of the Western Roman Empire , Jesi was ravaged by the troops of Odoacer (476 AD) and again in 493 by the Ostrogoths of Theodoric the Great . After the Gothic War , Italy became part of the Byzantine Empire , and Jesi became one of the main centers of the new rulers, and a diocese seat. In 751 it
9-662: Was sacked by the Lombard troops of Aistulf , and later was a Carolingian imperial city. Since 1130, it was an independent commune , gradually expanding its control over its surrounding agrarian region. In December 1194 the future Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II was born here: he later made Jesi a "Royal City". In the 14th century it was captured by the Papal vicar Filippo Simonetti , then by Galeotto I Malatesta (1347–1351), by Braccio da Montone in 1408, and by Francesco I Sforza , who turned it into his family's main stronghold in
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