第一次義大利戰爭(1494-1498),有時也被稱為查理八世的意大利戰爭,意大利戰爭的開局階段。這場戰爭是法國軍隊與支援的瑞士僱傭兵與神聖羅馬帝國、西班牙和教皇亞歷山大六世領導的意大利聯盟對抗。
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Most sources, both the rewriting of Italian and French, state clearly that the French won at Fornovo, a triumph celebrated in a rare engraving of the battle made shortly after the event by an anonymous French artist. The conclusion of French victory is based on two factors: the Italians did not stop the northward march of the French, and the French sustained far fewer losses.
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