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Battle of Zappolino
| Battle of Zappolino | |||||||
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| Part of Guelphs and Ghibellines | |||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||
| Bologna (Guelph) |
Modena (Ghibelline) |
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| Commanders | |||||||
| Passerino Bonacolsi | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 2,000 cavalry 30,000 infantry |
2,000 cavalry 5,000 infantry |
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| Casualties | |||||||
| 2,000 between Bologneses and Modeneses | |||||||
| Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines |
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| Legnano - Cortenuova - Brescia - Faenza - Viterbo - Parma - Fossalta - Cingoli - Montebruno - Cassano - Montaperti - Benevento - Tagliacozzo - Colle Val d'Elsa - Roccavione - Desio - Campaldino - Zappolino - Gamenario |
The Battle of Zappolino was fought in 1325 between the towns of Bologna and Modena. The Modenese were victorious.
The battle is also famous for the wooden bucket that the Modenese took as spoils from Balogna. This unusal booty was venerated in Modena in remebrance of the victory. The history of the bucket was told in Alessandro Tassoni's La Secchia Rapita satirical poem.
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