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Crema, Siege of

Years: 1159 - 1159

The Siege of Crema is a siege of the town of Crema, Lombardy by the Holy Roman Empire in 1159.

The Cremans try to defend their city from the German invaders, but they are eventually defeated by Frederick's men.

Frederick seizes Milan in 1162 shortly after he takes Crema.

These events start the wars of Guelphs and Ghibellines, leading to the formation of the Lombard League, a league of northern Italian communes allied against the emperor, supported by the Pope.

“The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward...This is not a philosophical or political argument—any oculist will tell you this is true. The wider the span, the longer the continuity, the greater is the sense of duty in individual men and women, each contributing their brief life's work to the preservation..."

― Winston S. Churchill, Speech (March 2, 1944)