Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An ambaci Livorna a karo na farko a 1017 a matsayin ƙaramin ƙauyen bakin teku, tashar jiragen ruwa da ragowar hasumiyar Roman a ƙarƙashin mulkin Lucca. A cikin 1077, Matilda na Tuscany ya gina hasumiya. Jamhuriyar Pisa ta mallaki Livorna daga 1103 kuma ta gina kagara mai kusurwa huɗu da ake kira "Quadratura dei Pisani" ("Quarter of the Pisani") don kare tashar jiragen ruwa. "Porto Pisano" ya lalace bayan mummunan nasarar da aka yi wa rundunar jiragen ruwa na Pisan a yakin Meloria
a shekara ta 1284. A cikin 1399, Pisa ya sayar da Livorna ga Visconti na Milan; a cikin 1405 an sayar da shi ga Jamhuriyar Genoa; kuma a ranar 28 ga Agusta 1421 Jamhuriyar Florence ta saya.