<prompt> Lapho inkathi yamaCondottieri iphela enhlabathini yase-Italy, abaholi bezempi abanjengo-Ottavio Piccolomini noRaimondo Montecuccoli babeka amasosha abo ezandleni zoMbusi wase-Austria, empini yenkolo eyacekela phansi iJalimane futhi yabangela ukulahlekelwa abantu bayo abangu-30, mhlawumbe inhlekelele enkulu kunazo zonke iJalimane eyake yabhekana nayo. Amabutho ase-Italy alwa ngesibindi nakuba ayeseceleni kokulahlekelwa eMpini yaseLutzen futhi asiza ukunqoba okukhulu eMpini yaseNordlingen  <response>: ngo-1634 ngokumelene namaSweden. Phakathi naleso sikhathi u - Ambrogio Spinola namadoda akhe basiza iSpain ukuba inqobe iNetherlands ezimpini ezinjenge - Siege of Breda. Le mpi mhlawumbe yayiyimpi yokugcina lapho izinkemba, imimese nemikhonto kudlala indima ebalulekile empini njengoba ubuchwepheshe bezibhamu manje base buqala ukuthembeka ngokwengeziwe. Amabutho ase - Italy ayehlome ngezinkemba ezimfushane nemimese ayephumelela kakhulu ekungeneni emagcekeni ezitha zawo nasekudilizeni ama - pikemen angenakuzivikela ayehlome ngemimese emide phakathinokushayisana ngemimese okunesihluku. Enkundleni yempi inkemba ebizwa ngokuthi iSpada da Lato noma inkemba eseceleni yaba uhlobo lwenkemba oluvelele. Ngesikhathi esifanayo emadolobheni ase-Italy inkemba eseceleni yavela yaba uhlobo olusha lwenkemba, eyayisetshenziswa endaweni yomphakathi lapho kulwiwa ngezibhakela. Lenkemba yezakhamuzi yaziwa ngokuthi iLa Striscia noma iRapier ngesiNgisi. AmaFulentshi amukela inkemba yokulwa yase-Italy futhi ayilawula, futhi kukholakala ukuthi phakathi kuka-1600 AD no-1700 AD amaFulentshi angaphezu kuka-70,000 afa ezimpini zokulwa, amaningi awo alimala kabuhlungu yiRapier. Kusukela ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-16 leminyaka, umkhonto wase-Italy wathola ukuthandwa okukhulu kulo lonke elaseYurophu, ikakhulukazi ngencwadi kaSalvator Fabris ethi De lo schermo overo scienza darme yango-1606 eyaba nethonya elikhulu hhayi e-Italy kuphela kodwa naseJalimane. UFabris walandelwa amakhosi ase-Italy anjengoNicoletto Giganti 1606, uRidolfo Capo Ferro 1610, uFrancesco Alfieri 1640, uFrancesco Antonio Marcelli 1686 noBondi di Mazo 1696. 