PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Illustrations of history@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoBoarding action at the Battle of Pianosa between Genoese and Tunisian marines, 1519 ADlemmy.worldimagemessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down11
arrow-up123arrow-down1imageBoarding action at the Battle of Pianosa between Genoese and Tunisian marines, 1519 ADlemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Illustrations of history@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pianosa
minus-squareSergio@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days ago Kaid Ali (literally Ali the Boss) from now on I demand to be known as Kaid Sergio. the Genoese Republic entrusted its coastline defense to a local captain, the nobleman Andrea Doria FUN FACT: the Italian football team Sampdoria is (partially) named after Andrea Doria. Anyone up for a treat needs to see this painting of Andra Doria as Neptune (mildly NSFW): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Angelo_Bronzino_-_Portrait_of_Andrea_Doria_as_Neptune_-_WGA3261.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pianosa
from now on I demand to be known as Kaid Sergio.
FUN FACT: the Italian football team Sampdoria is (partially) named after Andrea Doria.
Anyone up for a treat needs to see this painting of Andra Doria as Neptune (mildly NSFW): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Angelo_Bronzino_-_Portrait_of_Andrea_Doria_as_Neptune_-_WGA3261.jpg