Brianbate, eastern Piedmont. A strong League army composed of Milan, Brescia, Lodi, Novara, and Vercelli attacks and conquers the city. News of Brianbate’s fall reaches Frederick already in the Susa Valley, on his way back to Germany. Frederick indulges in revenge: he takes one of the hostages, Zilio Prandi of Brescia, and hangs him from a tree in the Susa Valley. Naturally, the result is that the Brescians, in turn, execute a large number of German prisoners. Captured in Brianbate, Frederick returns to Germany embittered. The campaign in Italy has not gone as he had hoped.
