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258 Italy: Viterbo acquired a reputation through any remarkable feat. Therefore he had now given up soldiering and taken a wife in Troia in Apulia. There he was living a modest life, with the thought of ruling furthest from his mind, when he was officially invited by the people of Piombino. When he first heard the news, it seemed to him like a dream. Willingly embracing this jest of fortune, he then became a different man, as if he had slept through his life up till now. Despite his advanced age, he took up the rulership and governed for many years thereafter with the approval of his subjects and the friendship of his neighbors. He served, moreover, in the army of Alfonso, who had been his patron, and also paid him tribute. He died having named as his heir the younger of the two sons born to him outside of matrimony,722 because the city preferred him to the older one. 57 ITALY: VITERBO 227. IN VITERBO, there were great upheavals. For, during the papacy of Nicholas V, Princivalle Gatti, the ruler of that city, was set upon and murdered by his enemies at Lago di Vico while returning from Rome.723 Then, during the papacy of Calixtus III, his nephew Guglielmo was killed at home during the night.724 This gave rise to a restless quest for vengeance, and the city endured great sufferings while the malefactors were tracked down, some taking to flight, others receiving punishment. 722. Jacopo III d’Appiano (r. 1458–74). 723. Princivalle was murdered in 1454 by the rival Mondaleschi faction. 724. Guglielmo Gatti was murdered in 1456. ...

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