Ka cika wannan furcin: Sa'ad da tattalin arzikin duniya da hanyoyin kasuwanci suka canja zuwa Sabuwar Duniya kuma suka bar Bahar Rum, ikon siyasa da tattalin arziki na Genoa ya soma raguwa a hankali. Sojojinsa sun rushe a lokacin Raid a Genoa a 1793 da kuma
Yaƙin Genoa a 1795 inda Genoa ya yi yaƙi da rundunar Faransa da Ingila. A shekara ta 1797, a ƙarƙashin matsin lamba daga Napoleon, Jamhuriyar Genoa ta zama mai kare Faransa da ake kira Jamhuriyar Ligurian, wanda Faransa ta haɗu da ita a 1805. An ambaci wannan gaskiyar a cikin jumla ta farko na Tolstoy "War and Peace":