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Grenadiers of the Venetian army attacking an Ottoman fort in Dalmatia during the Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War, 1717. The Venetian army was the army of the city-state of Venice, and later of the Republic of Venice and its dominions. During the Republic's early centuries, it was a force comprising an urban militia.
The Venetian Arsenal (Italian: Arsenale di Venezia) is a complex of former shipyards and armories clustered together in the city of Venice in northern Italy. Owned by the state, the Arsenal was responsible for the bulk of the Venetian Republic 's naval power from the Late Middle Ages to the early modern period .
A 15th century miniature depicting the assault, created by David Aubert. On 9 April 1204, as part of the Fourth Crusade, Venetian ships combined with numerous Crusader forces started their assault on the Byzantine capital Constantinople, after Byzantine Emperor Alexios I of Trebizond refused to provide the Crusader army with money to assist the Crusade.
Due to the Emperor's leaving, the Venetians, during November, took back a large part of Veneto and, on November 26, the inhabitants of Vicenza opened the doors to Andrea Gritti and Venetian Army. However, the imperial garrison located in Vicenza didn't leave the city and, commanded by the Prince of Anhalt Rudolph IV , took place in the ...
The Venetian–Genoese Wars were four conflicts between the Republic of Venice and the Republic of Genoa which took place between 1256 and 1381. Each was resolved almost entirely through naval clashes, and they were connected to each other by interludes during which episodes of piracy and violence between the two Italian trading communities in the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea were ...
Zuanne Radoš from Trogir especially stood out in these battles as one of the commanders (superintendents) of the oltramarini, who will be awarded the Order of the Knights of St. Mark for his bravery in these battles.In 1648, on the southern battlefield, a large Venetian army under the command of Don Stipan Sorić, consisting of 3,000 ...
In 1480, Sultan Mehmed II sought Venetian assistance in his planned attack on Otranto. To prevent the Venetians from informing the Neapolitans, he stationed forces at Val Canale , threatening to invade Friuli. [2] Skender Pasha returned to raid Friuli between 28 September and 5 October 1499 with 7,000 troops.
The First Ottoman–Venetian War was fought between the Republic of Venice with its allies and the Ottoman Empire from 1463 to 1479. Fought shortly after the capture of Constantinople and the remnants of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottomans, it resulted in the loss of several Venetian holdings in Albania and Greece, most importantly the island ...