This outrageous bout of nonsense lasted between the years of 1325-1327 AD and managed to witness large battles which resulted in many casualties. Was the war really fought over the loss of one, insignificant bucket? The short answer is yes. During those years Europe was bitterly divided between factions of people primarily based on religion (at that time all Europeans were some form of white and communism as a form of government hadn't been invented yet). Such was the case in Northern Italy where a group of people living in the region of Bologna called the Guelphs supported the Pope and didn't much care for their neighbors living in Modena called the Ghibellines who rooted for the Holy Roman Emperor. Skipping how moronically ill placed those feelings are because the Holy Roman Emperor was a catholic monarch crowned by the Pope; one night a group of drunken soldiers from Modena decided to steal a bucket from Bologna. The next day the Guelphs declared war and Pope John XXII led an army of 30,000 soldiers against the treacherous Ghibellines. After the battle of Zappolina, where thousands died, Modena still held the bucket. Stupid enough for you yet? The fighting would continue on and off for another hundred years until Charles I of Spain took over Italy and gave both parties something better to do.
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This outrageous bout of nonsense lasted between the years of 1325-1327 AD and managed to witness large battles which resulted in many casualties. Was the war really fought over the loss of one, insignificant bucket? The short answer is yes. During those years Europe was bitterly divided between factions of people primarily based on religion (at that time all Europeans were some form of white and communism as a form of government hadn't been invented yet). Such was the case in Northern Italy where a group of people living in the region of Bologna called the Guelphs supported the Pope and didn't much care for their neighbors living in Modena called the Ghibellines who rooted for the Holy Roman Emperor. Skipping how moronically ill placed those feelings are because the Holy Roman Emperor was a catholic monarch crowned by the Pope; one night a group of drunken soldiers from Modena decided to steal a bucket from Bologna. The next day the Guelphs declared war and Pope John XXII led an army of 30,000 soldiers against the treacherous Ghibellines. After the battle of Zappolina, where thousands died, Modena still held the bucket. Stupid enough for you yet? The fighting would continue on and off for another hundred years until Charles I of Spain took over Italy and gave both parties something better to do.