Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Genoa ta siyasa zenith zo tare da nasara a kan Jamhuriyar Pisa a cikin jirgin ruwa Battle of Meloria
a cikin 1284, kuma tare da nasara ta wucin gadi a kan abokin hamayyarsa, Venice, a yakin na Curzola a cikin 1298 yayin yaƙe-yaƙe na Venetian-Genoese. Sojojin ruwan Genoese sun kasance daidai da sojojin ruwan Venetian kuma biranen biyu suna da ikon yin mulkin teku. Sanannun rikice-rikice tsakanin Byzantines da Genoese sune mamayar Genoese na Rhodes da Yaƙin Byzantine-Genoese.