After being crushed in the Battle of LOCATION@1 by the Modenese in NUMBER@1 , ORGANIZATION@1 began to decay and asked the protection of the Pope at the beginning of the fourteenth century .

After being crushed in the Battle of LOCATION@1 by the Modenese in NUMBER@1 , ORGANIZATION@1 began to decay and asked the protection of the Pope at the beginning of the 14th century .
