![Early 15th-century Italy was a caldron of warfare from which mercenaries like Bartolomeo Colleoni could make a name and a fortune. Below is a 1432 battle between Florentines and Sienese.](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/M-Soldiers-4-4C-Dec03-760x422.jpg)
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Bartolomeo Colleoni’s Art of War
By Jonathan NorthBartolomeo Colleoni was a Renaissance success story. A simple mercenary, he rose from obscurity to the most important position on the Italian peninsula: commander-in-chief of the armies of Venice. Read more