Battle of Ostia

The Battle of Ostia was 849 between the fleets of Muslim invaders in southern Italy and the Christian League of the Pope, the Duke of Naples, Amalfi and Gaeta instead of cities.

Battle

849 reached Rome the news that a fleet of Arab ships lying in front of Sardinia. A Christian fleet under the command of Caesar of Naples, son of Sergius I., gathered in the port city of neubefestigten Ostia, where she was blessed by Pope Leo IV immediately prior to their departure. The battle began with the attack of the Neapolitan galleys. During the naval battle, a storm moved on and ended the hostilities. The Christian fleet was able to pull back in time to the port, the Arab fleet, however, was torn apart and many of the ships stranded or sank. When the storm had cleared, it was for the Christian ships a light to destroy the rest of the enemy fleet.

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The capture made ​​after the battle were, among others, as forced labor for the construction of the Leonine Wall (Latin: Civitas leonina ), is used, which should protect the Vatican Hill.

The battle helped the Christian states of central and southern Italy, to unite against the Arab threat, which eventually contributed to their expulsion.

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• Peter Llewellyn: Rome in the Dark Ages. Faber and Faber, London, 1970, ISBN 0-571-08972-0.

• Battle of the Islamic expansion
• Battle ( Middle Ages)
• Italian military history
• 849