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The Colonna family akes advantage of disorder …

Years: 1482 - 1482

The Colonna family akes advantage of disorder in the Papal States to fight pitched battles against their Della Rovere enemies.

The main encounter, however, is the pitched Battle of Campomorto near Velletri, August 21, 1482, in which the Neapolitan troops under Alfonso are soundly defeated by Roberto Malatesta and the duke is barely rescued by a contingent of his Turkish soldiers.