Methoni

Methoni (Greek: Μεθώνη, Italian: Modone, Venetian: Modon) was a village in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece.

History

Methoni was the territory of the Republic of Venice, till Venice lost the Battle of Zonchio in 1499.

Next year, during the Battle of Modon, the Venetian navy soldier Alvise da Vilandino was tasked with defending the fort of Methoni from the Turks. Having drank heavily the night before the battle, Alvise panicked upon hearing cannon fire, stumbled out onto the deck in the midst of the battle and fell over the rail, where he drowned. When it became clear Venice had lost the battle, Alvise was accused of negligence by the ship's captain, who erased him from the logs of the navy.

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed II (mentioned in Database entry only)