Sack of Naples

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Sack of Naples
Part of Spanish–Ottoman wars
P Gaultier 1754 18th-Century-Map-of-Napoli.jpg
Map of the Bay of Naples
Date1544
Location
Result Algerian victory
Belligerents
Bandera de Napoles - Trastamara.svg Kingdom of Naples Flag of Algiers.jpg Regency of Algiers
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
7,000 enslaved Unknown

The sack of Naples occurred in 1544 when Algerians captured the Bay of Naples and enslaved 7,000 Neapolitans.

In 1544 Algerian corsairs sailed into the Bay of Naples and captured it. They then took an estimated 7,000 Neapolitan slaves. [1] [2]

The number of slaves taken by the Algerians drove the price of slaves so low that it was said “you could swap a Christian for an onion”. [3] [4] [1] Moreover, it was said to be “raining Christians in Algiers”. [4]

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