Nov 27, 2023
162 - The Italian wars 2- opening hostilities and the Medici get kicked out
*Charles VIII of France* starts to head into Italy, beginning with the lands of *Savoy* where a 2-year-old duke leaves things to his mum to deal with the expensive guest who also asks her for a loan.
Meanwhile, the *Neapolitans* try to go on the offensive by attacking locations along the Tuscan and Ligurian coast to no avail.
Charles then meets with *Ludovico il Moro,* then the real duke of Milan *Gian Galeazzo Sforza*, who then dies a week after the meeting, saying goodbye to his dogs and horses at his deathbed.
Then it is to *Florence*, where the son of *Lorenzo the Magnificent, Piero,* after sitting on the fence for a while, rolls over and gives Charles more than necessary and hets kicked out of Florence for it.
Charles, however, fares no better with the new Florentine government and after a confusing argument about horns and bells, he makes his way to Rome with reduced results from the negotiation.