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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP24 Dec 2024 3:55 p.m. PST

"The Venetian Republic's efforts to remain liquid in the eighteenth century spawned a number of interesting actions, and mercenaries, indeed mercenary armies, were much employed. This allowed the smaller European states to defray the costs of the prestigious armies, while allowing Venetian citizens freedom not to indulge in anything as low class as fighting.

One of the last examples of this was the invasion of Crete by the Landgraviate des Erzgebirgskreis. The Landgrave was currently at war with the Ottoman Empire, as part of those obscure and interminable wars that characterized "The age of enlightenment" and appears to have seized the opportunity to have his military operations subsidized by the Most Serene Republic by agreeing to a contract for the invasion of Crete. it is not clear what was to happen if the effort were successful; records are spotty from both sides, and even what survives is tainted by mendacity. Suffice it to say that both parties were out for what they could get…"


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KevinV25 Dec 2024 8:28 a.m. PST

Very nifty period and figures. I've got to get painting my ottoman army.

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP25 Dec 2024 2:56 p.m. PST

Glad you like it…

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