Battle of Comacchio

The Battle of Comacchio in 809 was a naval battle between a Byzantine fleet dispatched from Venice and the Frankish garrison of the island of Comacchio. A Byzantine fleet from Constantinople under its commander Paul, the governor of Cephalonia, arrived in Venice by way of Dalmatia and sent a fleet detachment to anchor at Comacchio. They skirmished with the Franks, were defeated and retreated to Venice.^[1]

Battle of Comacchio
Date 809 Location Comacchio, Italy Result Frankish victory
Belligerents
Carolingian Empire	Byzantine Empire
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	Paul

Footnotes

1. Scholz 1970, pp. 89–91.

References

• Scholz, B.W. (1970). Royal Frankish Annals and Nithard's Histories. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-06186-0.