Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Hondo yeLodi yakarwiwa musi wa 10 May 1796, ichipa mukuru wemauto eFrench Republic, N. Bonaparte, chikumbiro chekukunda mauto eAustria. Kutaura kwacho kwakasimbiswa chaizvoizvo pashure pokunge akunda Hondo yeMantua,
muhondo yeArcola, uye muhondo yeRivoli. Musi wa27 June chibvumirano chokumisa hondo chakagadziriswa pakati paNapoleon nemauto aPapa Pius VI, umo Papa akarasikirwa nokutonga kweMarch yeFerrara neBologna. Pana 1 February 1797 guta reImola rakapambwa navaFrench. Bhishopi weImola, Cardinal Chiaramonti, akarayirwa naPapa kuti arege kuwira mumaoko evaFrench, uye naizvozvo akatiza kubva kuImola achienda kuCesena, achida kuenda kuRoma. Zvisinei, paSpoleto, akagamuchira chikumbiro chaibva kuvatongi veFrance nevaBonapartist vaiva muImola chokuti adzokere, asi pashure pokunyorera Papa, uyo akataura kuti Chiaramonti akanga asina nzira yokuvadzora nayo, akapfuurira norwendo rwake rwokuRoma. Achitya kuti aizotsiviwa pachigaro chake choumambo nomumwe mupanduki aitsigirwa neFrance, akawana mvumo yapapa yokudzoka.