Scaliger War

Scaliger War
The capture of Padua and Alberto II della Scala by the allied army, by Giuseppe Lorenzo Gatteri
Date 22 June 1336 – 24 January 1339 Location Veneto, Italy Result Scaliger defeat
Belligerents
Scaliger lordship of Verona	Republic of Venice Republic of Florence From 1337 also: Visconti lordship of Milan Gonzaga lordship of Mantua D'Este lordship of Ferrara and Modena Carrara lordship of Padua
Commanders and leaders
Mastino II della Scala Alberto II della Scala  (POW) Marsilio da Carrara	Pietro de' Rossi  (DOW) Marsilio de' Rossi  # Rolando de' Rossi Luchino Visconti Azzo Visconti Ludovico I Gonzaga Marsilio da Carrara Ubertino I da Carrara

The Scaliger War was a conflict fought in 1336–1339 between the Scaliger lords of Verona, Mastino II della Scala and Alberto II della Scala, who had built an extensive territorial state in northern Italy, and a coalition of powers threatened by Scaliger expansion. These were chiefly the Republic of Venice, antagonized by the imposition of taxes on overland trade and the Scaligers' threat to end Venetian salt monopoly, and the Republic of Florence, which resented the Scaliger annexation of Lucca, that Florence had claimed for itself. After the first victories of the anti-Scaliger coalition, it was joined by Milan, Mantua, and Ferrara, who all had reasons to fear Scaliger ambitions. The turning point of the war was the end of Scaliger dominion over Padua in 1337, which became a separate, Venetian-influenced lordship under Marsilio da Carrara. The peace treaty, concluded at Venice on 24 January 1339, deprived Mastino II of most of his recent gains, reducing Scaliger domains to Verona and Vicenza, as well as Lucca and Parma, which were soon lost. The annexation of Mestre and Treviso to Venice, however, marked the beginnings of the Venetian mainland state.