In times of peace the carroccio was in the keeping of some great family which had distinguished itself by signal services to the republic.
In battle the carroccio was surrounded by the bravest warriors in the army and it served both as a rallying-point and as the palladium of the city's honour; its capture by the enemy was regarded as an irretrievable defeat and humiliation.
The Florentine carroccio was usually followed by a smaller car bearing the martinella, a bell to ring out military signals.
Accounts of the carroccio will be found in most histories of the Italian republics; see for instance, M.
Having established Ezzelino in Verona, Vicenza and Padua, he defeated the Milanese and their allies at Cortenuova in 1237, and sent their carroccio as a trophy of his victory to Rome.
In 1325 he defeated the Florentines at Alto Pascio, and carried home their carroccio as a trophy of his victory over the Guelphs.
For seven weeks the National Carroccio has stood far-seen, ringing many a signal; and, so much having now gathered round it, may hope to stand.
The Count Giordano led his tedeschi straight for the centre of the Guelfic army, where the "martinella" rang continuously over the Carroccio of Florence, round which the flower of the burgher army stood.
Against the two last pillars of the nave are the poles of the Carroccio of the Sienese at Montaperti.
This carroccio was used by our forefathers in triumphs and solemnities, and when they went out with the host, the neighbouring counts and knights brought it from the armoury of S.
By these two pomps of the carroccio and of the bell was maintained the lordly pride of the people of old and of our forefathers in their expeditions.
The carroccio was a four-wheeled car drawn by four yokes of oxen.
Mass was said upon the carrocciobefore it left the town, and there was frequently a special chaplain attached to it.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "carroccio" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
