ured ▁Neg ro pon te ▁and ▁launched ▁dev ast ating ▁ra ids ▁in ▁E ub oe a . ▁Ven ice ▁then ▁laid ▁sie ge ▁to ▁the ▁city , ▁which ▁drag ged ▁on ▁for ▁th ir teen ▁months ▁until ▁its ▁def enders ▁capit ulated ▁in ▁early ▁ 1 2 5 8 . ▁An ▁Ach ae an ▁counter att ack ▁was ▁rep uls ed ▁by ▁Ven et ian ▁inf antry ▁s ally ing ▁forth ▁and ▁defe ating ▁the ▁f amed ▁Ach ae an ▁caval ry ▁before ▁the ▁city ' s ▁walls . ▁ ▁League ▁against ▁Ach ae a ▁and ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁K ary di ▁Fac ed ▁with ▁the ▁opposition ▁of ▁Ven ice , ▁William ▁of ▁Ville hard ou in ▁turned ▁to ▁her ▁rival , ▁Gen oa , ▁for ▁support . ▁The ▁Gen o ese , ▁ever ▁eager ▁to ▁th wart ▁their ▁riv als , ▁Ven ice , ▁and ▁ow ing ▁a ▁deb t ▁for ▁William ' s ▁assistance ▁to ▁them ▁at ▁Rh odes ▁a ▁few ▁years ▁before , ▁readily ▁accepted . ▁Based ▁at ▁Mon em vas ia , ▁Gen o ese - cre wed ▁g alle ys ▁pre yed ▁upon ▁Ven et ian ▁sh ipping . ▁O th on ▁de ▁C icon , ▁the ▁lord ▁of ▁K ary st os ▁in ▁southern ▁E ub oe a , ▁in ▁control ▁of ▁the ▁strateg ic ▁passage ▁of ▁the ▁Cav o ▁D ' O ro , ▁also ▁s ided ▁with ▁William . ▁Else where , ▁however , ▁William ' s ▁appe als ▁were ▁met ▁with ▁host ility