The Republic of Ragusa, or Republic of Dubrovnik, was a maritime republic centered on the city of Dubrovnik ( in Italian and Latin) in Dalmatia (today in southernmost Croatia), that existed from 1358 to 1808. It reached its commercial peak in the 15th and the 16th centuries, before being conquered by Napoleon's French Empire and formally annexed by the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy in 1808. It had a population of about 30,000 people, out of whom 5,000 lived within the city walls. Its motto was "", which translated from Latin means "Liberty is not well sold for all the gold".