1556, the Triple Monarchy of England-Castille-Portugal declared war on the Rum-Seljuks, enraged over the fate of Rome. Savoy and Florence joined the war.
The War[]
1559, Rome was reconquered by the Christians; all the Muslims found there were massacred.
In 1562, the great Sea battle of Malta was fought; the Seljuk-Barbary fleet was decimated.
The peace[]
1565, the Peace of Ostia was made. The Seljuks had to give up Latium (to Florence) and the Marches, Algiers, Tunis and Sicily (to the Triple Monarchy). The Romans displaced ~20 years ago returned in triumph. The victorious Italians demanded that the Pope returns to Rome, which the French king denied however.