It's not Acre, but this city managed to hold the Tower of Flies for twelve days before losing the War of St. Sabas to a rival navy.
It's not Acre, but this city managed to hold the Tower of Flies for twelve days before losing the War of St. Sabas to a rival navy. It's not in the Latin Empire, but this city signed with Michael VIII Palaeologus the 1261 Treaty of Nymphaeum, and it won decisively at the Battle of Meloria. Simone Boccanegra ruled this city until his untimely death by poison. The black death likely entered Europe from this city's trading post at (*) Caffa, one of its several Black Sea colonies. Andrea Doria reformed the constitution of this city, which controlled the island of Corsica for several centuries. A consul of this city founded the current ruling family of Monaco, the House of Grimaldi. For 10 points, name this Ligurian city that was the birthplace of Christopher Columbus.
It's not Acre, but this city managed to hold the Tower of Flies for twelve days before losing the War of St. Sabas to a rival navy.
Most Serene Republic of Genoa (or Repubblica di Genova)