 The same colors were adopted by the "Legione Italiana", formed by soldiers coming from Emilia and Romagna.The first Italian tricolor was adopted on 7 January 1797, in Reggio Emilia, as official flag of the "Repubblica Cispadana" (Cispadane Republic).It was a horizontal tricolor, with red (top), white and green stripes; in the middle, an emblem composed by a quiver, accolade to a war trophy, with four arrows that symbolized the four provinces forming the "Po federation"; all within a crown of bay.