biography
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Gattamelata
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originally Erasmo da Narni
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pronunciation:
[gatamelahta]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.1370–1443)
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| biography:
| Condottiere, born in Narni, Umbria, C Italy. He started his career with Ceccolo Broglio and Braccio da Montone. He then went on to serve Florence and the pope, and finally became commander-in-chief of the Venetian army (1437). With the help of Francesco Sforza he conquered Verona from the Viscontis (1439). He was immortalized by Donatello in 1453 in a famous equestrian monument in Padua. |
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