It thus comprises<span> the first seven years of the period of </span>warfare<span> that was continued through the Napoleonic Wars until </span>Napoleon<span>’s abdication in 1814, with a year of interruption under the </span>peace of Amiens<span> (1802–03). The end of 1799 may be conveniently taken as the dividing point between the Revolutionary and Napoleonic phases of the conflict, since in that year the consulate of Napoleon Bonaparte was established
