The Assassination of Giuliano De Medici

Pope Sixtus IV had just appointed another of his nephews, a 17-year-old named Raphaeli as a cardinal. The new cardinal would need to be celebrated, and so as a sign of false goodwill, Gerolimo wrote to Lorenzo de Medici in an attempt to mend fences with the Pope. But Giuliano was not coming that evening because he'd been suffering from sciatica. If they couldn't get both of the Medicis in one fell swoop, it would never work. It was time to pick a side. For the Potsies, they were betting on themselves.