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Chronicles report how the Florentine Guelphs carried the martinella to the battle of Montaperti in 1260!
"With pomp and circumstance they led forth the carroccio and a bell which they called Martinella, the latter being placed on a cart with a wooden castle on wheels."
@CaityElf The “compagnia della morte” was a legendary company that defended the Lombard carroccio (the chariot with the cross and banners of Lombardy) against the troops of Federico Barbarossa in the battle of Legnano in 1176 ad