The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Italy and its predecessors (numbers may be approximate): they are divided by the presence of culpability or not.
A massacre is the killing of a large number of people, especially those who are not involved in any fighting or have no way of defending themselves.
The following are the parameters used to create the list: (**) (**) (**) (**) (**) For the Italian law, all the Italian ships are considered Italian territory.