Catalan company raids the Aegean
1311
After Halmyros the Catalan mercenary company established themselves in central Greece, raiding Byzantine and Frankish territories alike, marrying locally, and ruling Athens and Thebes as a distinct Iberian colony for three generations. They administered their domains under Aragonese law and answered nominally to the king of Sicily. Their Catalan charters survive as a strange Mediterranean curiosity.
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Also in 1311 (3 other events on record)
- Catalan Company crushes Franks at Halmyros · Europe · War
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.