Qualla: Battle of Sapienza https://qualla.com/battle-of-sapienza en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:30 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/s/q/x/3/battle-of-sapienza-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Sapienza https://qualla.com/battle-of-sapienza Battle of Sapienza: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-sapienza/ Photo credit Postcrosser, CC BY-SA 4.0. Niccolò Pisani had the larger fleet, the better ships, and the chosen ground. He had 36 galleys, five great sailing vessels, and a fortified anchorage at Porto Longo — a natural harbour on the tiny island of Sapienza, just off the southwestern tip of Greece. The Genoese had 35 galleys and had just finished raiding up and down the Adriatic. By every reasonable measure, the battle of 4 November 1354 should have been a Venetian victory. Instead, it became one of the most complete naval disasters of the fourteenth century.

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/q/x/3/battle-of-sapienza-wp/sqx3-battle-of-sapienza-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Sapienza: A War Fought Across Half the Mediterranean https://qualla.com/battle-of-sapienza/ Photo credit Postcrosser, CC BY-SA 4.0. The Third Genoese–Venetian War was not a conflict over a single port or a single insult — it was a struggle over trade dominance across the entire Mediterranean basin. Genoese admiral Paganino Doria spent the summer of 1354 conducting raids deep into what Venice regarded as its p...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/q/x/3/battle-of-sapienza-wp/sqx3-battle-of-sapienza-a-war-fought-across-half-the-mediterranean.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Sapienza: The Trap That Became a Cage https://qualla.com/battle-of-sapienza/ Photo credit Postcrosser, CC BY-SA 4.0. Pisani arrived at the Venetian outpost of Koroni on 11 October, where, by the most widely accepted account, he received instructions from the new Doge of Venice, Marino Faliero, to avoid battle — negotiations to end the war were underway, and the Genoese, with their reinforced fl...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/q/x/3/battle-of-sapienza-wp/sqx3-battle-of-sapienza-the-trap-that-became-a-cage.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Sapienza: Doria Breaks the Gate https://qualla.com/battle-of-sapienza/ Photo credit Postcrosser, CC BY-SA 4.0. On the morning of 4 November, Doria sent 15 ships under his nephew Giovanni to storm the harbour entrance. The details of how the Venetian blockade at the mouth of Porto Longo failed — whether broken by force or allowed through by confusion or cowardice — are lost to history. Wha...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/q/x/3/battle-of-sapienza-wp/sqx3-battle-of-sapienza-doria-breaks-the-gate.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Sapienza: The Scapegoat Returns to Venice https://qualla.com/battle-of-sapienza/ Photo credit Postcrosser, CC BY-SA 4.0. Pisani was transported to Genoa as a prisoner, but was released relatively quickly. Returning to Venice, he faced prosecution. The charges against him were extensive: failing to attack the weaker Genoese fleet at Chios when he had the chance, neglecting to use the fortified harbo...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/q/x/3/battle-of-sapienza-wp/sqx3-battle-of-sapienza-the-scapegoat-returns-to-venice.mp3 0:06 5 full Battle of Sapienza: The Island Offshore https://qualla.com/battle-of-sapienza/ Photo credit Postcrosser, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sapienza sits a few kilometers off the coast of Methoni, the westernmost cape of the Peloponnese. It is small, scrubby, and largely uninhabited — one of those Mediterranean islands that looks, from the air, like a question mark in the sea. Porto Longo is still a usable anchorage,...

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