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In the heart of the new marquisate of Oristano, the flames of anti-Aragonese
dissidence continued to smolder beneath the ashes, only to reignite unexpect-
edly in 1469, when the last heir of the Cubello, Leonardo Alagòn, turned the de-
fense of his contested title and his rivalry with the powerful Carroz into a new
rebellion among the people of Arborea. The Battle of Macomer on 16 June 1478
extinguished the final flame of the ancient, glorious giudicato of Arborea, and
remarkably coincided with the end of the historical parabola of the monarchy
of Aragon. Thus, the following year Aragon was incorporated into the Spanish
kingdom of Castile, almost as if its fortunes, like those of Pisa, were inextrica-
bly bound to those of the enchanted Mediterranean island.
Translated by Irina Oryshkevich