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Giovanni Giustiniani was a Genoese captain during the Middle Ages. He was reputed to be one of the bravest and most effective soldiers of his day. He led 700 men to the defense of Constantinople against the Ottoman army of Sultan Mehmed in 1453. Guistiniani was wounded by an Ottoman cannon while defending the walls of Constantinople with Emperor Constantine of the Byzantine Empire. Although Giustiniani's men managed to escape with their general on board vessels fleeing Constantinople after its fall, the Italian general died in the early days of June 1453.
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