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Battle of Meloria (1284)
| Battle of Meloria | |||||||
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| Part of Genoese-Pisan Wars | |||||||
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:How_the_Genoese_discomfited_the_Pisans_at_Meloria.png) Miniature of the battle of Meloria Nuova Cronica Vatican Library Chig.L.VIII.296 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Flag_of_Genoa.svg){kind=small} Republic of Genoa |
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Pisa.svg){kind=small} Republic of Pisa | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Oberto Doria Benedetto Zaccaria Corrado Spinola [3][4][5] |
Albertino Morosini P Count Ugolino Andreotto Saraceno [3][5][6] | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 88 galleys [4][6][7][8] | 72 galleys [3][7][8] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Doria calls the losses of the Genoese moderate [9] |
~5,000 killed ~9,000–11,000 captured 35–37 galleys lost [1][3][6][8][9][10] | ||||||
The Battle of Meloria was fought near the islet of Meloria in the Ligurian Sea on 5 and 6 August 1284 between the fleets of the Republics of Genoa and Pisa as part of the Genoese-Pisan War. The victory of Genoa and the destruction of the Pisan fleet marked the decline of the Republic of Pisa.[11]
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