Cesare Borgia 506 years ago today, one of the greatest military commanders that Italy had ever seen was killed at the Siege of Viana. O...

Cesare Borgia by Altobello Melone One of the most well known facts about Cesare Borgia, aside from the fact that he was a bit (a lo...

Leo X by Peter Paul Rubens In 1513, Pope Julius II died. Julius is probably better known as Giuliano della Roverre, the arch nemesis ...

Sir Walter Raleigh by an unknown artist On this day in history, 1618; sir Walter Raleigh was beheaded upon the orders of James I. But...

On our final full day in Rome, after we had visited the Colosseum and almost passed out from heat exhaustion, we decided to visit a little c...