Featured Article Quiz #167
Battle of Trapani
#1 When did the Battle of Trapani take place?
23 June 1266
1 September 1264
25 July 1270
#2 In the Battle of Trapani, what did Lanfranco Borbonino do with his ships?
He ordered them chained together in a defensive formation
He sailed directly into open sea to seek a decisive battle
He abandoned the fleet before the Venetians arrived
#3 How did the war between Venice and Genoa end according to the text?
It continued until 1270, when French mediation forced a truce
It ended in 1266 with a permanent Venetian annexation of Genoese ports
It ended in 1264 because Genoa voluntarily surrendered its trade convoy