| 词条 | Battle of Ostia |
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conflict=Battle of Ostia| image=Image:Raphael Ostia.jpg| caption=Raphael's fresco The Battle of Ostia, an indication of the battle's legendary fame| date=Summer 849| place=Ostia, Italy| result=Christian victory| |combatant1=Christian League:
|combatant2=Saracens |commander1=Caesar of Naples |commander2= Unknown |strength1=Unknown |strength2=Unknown |casualties1=minimal |casualties2=heavy }} The naval Battle of Ostia took place in 849 in the Tyrrhenian Sea between Muslim pirates and an Italian league of Papal, Neapolitan, Amalfitan and Gaetan ships. The battle ended in favor of the Italian league, as they defeated the pirates. It is one of the few events to occur in southern Italy during the ninth century that is still remembered today, largely for the walls named after Leo and for the Renaissance painting Battaglia di Ostia by Raphael. BackgroundStarting in 827, Muslim forces began the conquer Sicily. In 846, Saracens raided the outskirts of Rome, plundering various basilicas, including Old Saint Peter's which was outside the Aurelian walls, for their treasures.[1] BattleNews of a massing of Saracen ships off Sardinia reached Rome early in 849. A Christian armada, commanded by Caesar, son of Sergius I of Naples, was assembled off recently refortified Ostia, and Pope Leo IV came out to bless it and offer a mass to the troops. After the pirate ships appeared, battle was joined with the Neapolitan galleys in the lead. Midway through the engagement, a storm divided the Muslims and the Christian ships managed to return to port. The Saracens, however, were scattered far and wide, with many ships lost and others sent ashore. When the storm died down, the remnants of the Arab fleet were easily picked off, with many prisoners taken. AftermathIn the aftermath of the battle, much booty washed ashore and was pillaged by the locals, per ius naufragii. The prisoners taken in battle were forced to work in chain gangs building the Leonine Wall which was to encompass the Vatican Hill. Rome would never again be approached by an Arab army.[1] See also
Notes1. ^1 {{cite book|author=Barbara Kreutz|title=Before the Normans: Southern Italy in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|year=1996|pages=25–28}} Sources
9 : 840s conflicts|Naval battles involving the Papal States|Naval battles involving the Duchy of Naples|Naval battles involving the Duchy of Gaeta|Battles involving the Duchy of Amalfi|Military history of Italy|Ostia (Rome)|Arab–Byzantine wars|849 |
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