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Battle of Comacchio

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Battle of Comacchio
Date809
Location
Result Frankish victory
Belligerents
Carolingian Empire Byzantine Empire
Commanders and leaders
Unknown Paul

The Battle of Comacchio in 809 was a naval battle between a Byzantine fleet dispatched from Venice and the Frankish garrison of the island of Comacchio. A Byzantine fleet from Constantinople under its commander Paul, the governor of Cephalonia, arrived in Venice by way of Dalmatia and sent a fleet detachment to anchor at Comacchio. They skirmished with the Franks, were defeated and retreated to Venice.[1]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Scholz 1970, pp. 89–91.

References

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  • Scholz, B.W. (1970). Royal Frankish Annals and Nithard's Histories. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-06186-0.