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Preveza, Battle of

Years: 1538 - 1538

The Battle of Preveza is a naval battle that takes place on September 28, 1538 near Preveza in northwestern Greece between an Ottoman fleet and that of a Christian alliance assembled by Pope Paul III in which the Ottoman fleet defeats the allies.

It occurs in the same area in the Ionian Sea as the Battle of Actium, 31 BCE.

It is one of the three large sea battle that takes place in the sixteenth century Mediterranean.

"In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these.”

— Paul Harvey, radio broadcast (before 1977)