Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Prospero Colonna

Battles of Prospero Colonna

Italian condottiero (1452-1523)

Prospero Colonna is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1503 and 1522: 4 battles and 1 siege, all in present-day Italy. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,013 km apart end to end, 253 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Italian War of 1521–1526 (2), Second War of Naples (1), War of the League of Cambrai (1).

Battle of CerignolaBattle of GariglianoBattle of La MottaBattle of BicoccaSiege of GenoaBattle of CerignolaBattle of GariglianoBattle of La MottaBattle of BicoccaSiege of GenoaNaplesZagrebFlorenceLjubljanaVeniceTurinNiceSassariBariBologna200 km43.407N, 12.417E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1503: 2 engagements2 in 15031513: 1 engagements1522: 2 engagements2 in 152215031522
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Cerignola, 1503Battle of Garigliano, 1503Battle of La Motta, 1513Battle of Bicocca, 1522Siege of Genoa, 152215031522
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
28 April 1503Battle of CerignolaCerignola, ItalySpanish victory
29 December 1503Battle of GariglianoGaeta, Italy195 km WDecisive Spanish victory
7 October 1513Battle of La MottaCostabissara, Italy515 km NSpanish and Imperial victory
27 April 1522Battle of BicoccaBicocca, Italy178 km WImperial–Spanish and Papal victory
20 May 1522Siege of GenoaGenoa, Italy125 km SImperial victory; Antoniotto II Adorno installed as new Doge

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.