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When was the free city of Zurich, Switzerland, established after having been under the rule of other empires for centuries?

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It was conquered (58 BC) by the Romans, and after the 5th cent. passed successively to the Alemanni, the Franks, and to Swabia. It became a free imperial city after 1218, accepted a corporative constitution in 1336, and joined the Swiss Confederation in 1351.

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