Niccolò PisaniArticle Free Pass In 1350 Pisani led a squadron to
Constantinople (now Istanbul) to conclude an alliance with the
Byzantines. At the mouth of the Bosporus he engaged in a fierce
battle with the Genoese, defeating the distinguished admiral
Paganino Doria (1352). A year later, surprising the Genoese
fleet, he sank 33 enemy galleys and took 4,500 prisoners, who
were later executed. In November 1354, however, Doria surprised
him at Portolungo, near Greece. The Genoese admiral’s audacity
and tactical skill enabled him to capture Pisani and his entire
fleet. Pisani was released when the two cities made peace (May
1355), and he spent the rest of his life in obscurity. What made
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