Brownworth calls Giustiniani the only bright spot for Constantine, who arrived from Genoa with a private army of 700 men and proved brilliant in directing the defense — devising the ingenious rubble-repair technique and appearing everywhere at once with the emperor to shore up the line. His departure after being wounded by a crossbow bolt was catastrophic: the Genoese assumed he was dead, abandoned the walls, and the city fell.
Also known as: Giustiniani Longo · Justiniani
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Episode 16 (4 mentions)
Brownworth calls Giustiniani the only bright spot for Constantine, who arrived from Genoa with a private army of 700 men and proved brilliant in directing the defense — devising the ingenious rubble-repair technique and appearing everywhere at once with the emperor to shore up the line. His departure after being wounded by a crossbow bolt was catastrophic: the Genoese assumed he was dead, abandoned the walls, and the city fell.
“Giustiniani from Genoa with a private army of 700 men.”
“For three hours they crashed against the walls, where, thanks largely to the efforts of Justiniani,”
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