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| name                 = [[name::Achille Marozzo]]
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| birthdate            = 1484
| birthplace           = San Giovanni in Persiceto, Italy
| deathdate            = 1553
| deathplace           = Bologna, Italy
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| occupation           = [[Fencing master]]{{#set:occupation=Fencing master}}
| language             = [[language::Italian]]
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| patron               = Count Guido Rangoni

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| genre                = [[Fencing manual]]
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| notableworks         = ''[[Opera Nova (Achille Marozzo)|Opera Nova]]'' (1536)
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| wiktenauer compilation by=[[Michael Chidester]]

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| relatives            = {{plainlist
 | Lodovico Marozzo (father)
 | Sebastiano Marozzo (son)
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| translations         = {{collapsible list
 | {{english translation|https://gilbertdewolghop.wordpress.com/2015/02/19/books-to-read-and-formats-designed-for-reading/}}
 | {{english translation|http://www.hemac.org/data/Marozzo%20book%20three%20translation%20by%20Craig%20Pitt-Pladdy.doc}}
 | {{english translation|http://www.hemac.org/data/Marozzo%20dagger%20translation%20by%20Carlo%20Parisi.doc}}
 | {{english translation|http://www.hemac.org/data/Marozzo%20sword%20and%20dagger%20translation%20by%20Mike%20Ray.doc}}
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'''Achille Marozzo''' (1484-1553) was a [[century::16th century]] [[nationality::Italian]] [[fencing master]]. He was born in San Giovanni in Persiceto (a possession of Bologna) to Lodovico Marozzo in 1484.<ref name="Scrimipedia">"Marozzo Achille". [http://www.scrimipedia.it/mediawiki/index.php?title=Marozzo Scrimipedia.com]. Retrieved 2011-12-11.</ref> After moving to the city, he studied fencing in the school of the great Bolognese master [[Guido Antonio di Luca]].<ref>Marozzo, Achille. ''Opera Nove de Achille Marozzo Bolognese, Maestro Generale de l'Arte de l'Armi''. Modena: 1536. p ii.</ref>

As a teacher, Marozzo maintained a fencing school in Bologna near the Abbey of Saints Naborre and Felice.<ref>Cullinan, Richard. "Marozzo, Achille, ''Opera Nova de Achille Marozzo Bolognese, Mastro Generale de l'Arte de l'Armi'' (Modena 1536) - ''Arte dell' Armi de Achille Marozzo Bolognese'' (Venetia 1568)". [http://sca.org.au/rapier/index.php/Manuals Lochac Fencing]. Retrieved 2011-12-12.</ref> He may also have been attached to the court of the Count Guido Rangoni, another student of di Luca. In 1531 he received permission to construct a water wheel drawing water from the Reno River,<ref name="Scrimipedia"/> but the purpose of this water wheel is unclear. Marozzo's students included Giovanni Battista da i Letti, Giacomo Crafter d'Agusta, and his son Sebastiano Marozzo; the famous masters [[Giovanni dall'Agocchie]], [[Angelo Viggiani dal Montone]], and [[Mercurio Spezioli]] were also influenced by his teachings, though it is unclear if they actually studied in his school.

In 1536, Marozzo authored an extensive illustrated treatise on swordsmanship, dedicated to Rangoni and titled ''[[Opera Nova (Achille Marozzo)|Opera Nova]]'' ("A New Work"); this seems to have become a dominant work in Italian fencing, reprinted many times into the 17th century. Achille Marozzo himself died in 1553 and is buried in Bologna at the military hospital.<ref name="Scrimipedia"/>

== Treatise ==

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{{:Achille Marozzo/Preface}}
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{{master begin
 | title = First Book (Sword and Buckler)
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{{:Achille Marozzo/First Book}}
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{{master begin
 | title = Second Book (Single Dagger, Single Sword, Sword with Weapons)
 | width = 90em
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{{:Achille Marozzo/Second Book}}
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{{master begin
 | title = Third Book (Greatsword)
 | width = 90em
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{{:Achille Marozzo/Third Book}}
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{{master begin
 | title = Fourth Book (Pole Weapons)
 | width = 90em
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{{:Achille Marozzo/Fourth Book}}
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{{master begin
 | title = Fifth Book (Dueling, Unarmed vs. Dagger)
 | width = 90em
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{{:Achille Marozzo/Fifth Book}}
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For further information, including transcription and translation notes, see the [[Talk:{{PAGENAME}}|discussion page]].

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 | work        = Translation (books 1-2)
 | authors     = [[translator::William Wilson]]
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 | work        = Translation (book 4)
 | authors     = [[translator::Jon Pellett]]
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 | license     = copyrighted
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 | work        = Transcription
 | authors     = Unknown
 | source link = http://www.compaquila.com/manuali/Marozzo3.pdf
 | source title= Società d’Arme dell’Aquila
 | license     = orphan
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