“[I] had not forgotten the way to reconquer it”

—  Cesare Borgia

Urbino
Cesare to Macchiavelli, after the loss of Urbino (October, 1502), as quoted by Rafael Sabatini, 'The Life of Cesare Borgia', Chapter XV: Macchiavelli's Legation

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Duke of Romagna and former Catholic cardinal 1475–1507

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