1167 in Italy
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Events during the year 1167 in Italy.
Events[]
- Battle of Monte Porzio - The Battle of Monte Porzio or Battle of Tusculum was fought on 29 May 1167, Whit Sunday, between the Holy Roman Empire and the city of Rome between a small hill outside the city of Tusculum and the city walls, at a place called "Prataporci", about 15 miles southeast of Rome. In the historical book Chronica Universalis, Sicardo wrote about the site of battle:...apud Montem Portium.
- The army of the "Commune of Rome", called the "greatest army which Rome had sent into the field in centuries"[1] was defeated by the forces of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and the local princes of Tusculum and Albano.
Deaths[]
- (c.1093–1167) - poet
- Rainald of Dassel (1120–1167) - archbishop of Cologne, archchancellor of Italy
References[]
- ^ Gregorovius. Rome in the Middle Ages Vol. IV Part 1. trans. Annie Hamilton. pg 580.
Categories:
- Years of the 12th century in Italy
- 1167 by country
- 1167 in Europe