Battle of Maclodio

1425

Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola led Venetian forces to a decisive victory over Milan in Lombardy. He captured ten thousand Milanese prisoners and released them, a condottiere courtesy that Venice would later interpret as treason. Carmagnola's eventual execution would expose the dangerous relationship between Italian cities and their hired commanders. Carmagnola's leniency was typical of condottiere warfare but aroused suspicion of collusion among his Venetian employers.