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Falconaria, Battle of

Years: 1299 - 1299

The Battle of Falconaria (also La Falconara or Falconeria) is a battle of the latter days of the War of the Sicilian Vespers.

Fought on December 1, 1299 between the forces of Frederick II of Sicily and Philip I of Taranto of the Kingdom of Naples, it is a momentous victory for Frederick and a disaster for Philip, who is captured.

“One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.”

― Golda Meir, My Life (1975)