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A war named for a bucket.
Not simply caused by one.
The 1325 conflict between Bologna and Modena is remembered as the War of the Bucket. Long-running political rivalry matters more than the tidy story of a stolen bucket.
A memorable object
can overshadow the actual conflict.
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