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Achille Marozzo

Master

Italian Renaissance fencing master and key figure of the Bolognese school.

Quick Facts

Date of Birth1484
Date of Death1553
Era16th century
Country of OriginItalyItaly
Rank / TitleFencing Master
Active Years1510–1553

Biography

Achille Marozzo was a Bolognese fencing master who published the groundbreaking treatise Opera Nova in 1536. His work systematically details combat with side-sword, buckler, two-handed sword, and dagger.

Associated Martial Arts

Bolognese FencingCodifier→

The Italian fencing tradition of Bologna, documented by a series of sixteenth-century treatises. Marozzo did not found it; Lippo Dardi did, in 1415.