 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekuyambuka Alps muna Kubvumbi 1796 uye kukunda mauto ePiemontese musi wa12 Kubvumbi 1796 muhondo yeMontenotteuye musi wa 21 April 1796 muHondo yeMondovì, Bonaparte akatendeudzira ngwariro yake kumaodzanyemba kwePiedmont kuti atarisane nePapal States. Bonaparte, asina chokwadi pamusoro pokurayira kwakakamurwa nokuda kwokupinda, akatumira tsamba mbiri kuDirectorate. Tsamba dzacho dzakaita kuti Dare Rinodzora rimbomira kurwisa kwenguva yakati. VaAustria vakakundwa muhondo yeLodi musi wa 10 Chivabvu 1796 uye vakadzokera kuMinico. Pasi peChibvumirano cheTolentino, chakasainwa musi wa19 February 1797, Roma yakamanikidzwa kugamuchira mumiriri weFrench Republic. Muna February 1798, vaFrench vakapinda muPapal States, vachikurudzirwa nokuurawa kwomukuru mukuru weFrance Mathurin-Léonard Duphot muna December 1797. Pashure pokupinda kwacho kwakabudirira, Nyika yaPapa yakava nyika yechitsuwa yakatumidzwazve kuti Republic of Rome, ichitungamirirwa naLouis-Alexandre Berthier, mumwe wavakuru vehondo vaBonaparte. Papa Pius VI akaiswa mutorongo, akaendeswa kunze kweRoma pana 20 February 1798 uye akaendeswa kuFrance, kwaaizofira gare gare. 