While in Rome, Cosimo gets himself a sexy slave girl – Maddalena. And when Papa Joe dies, Cosi took over as head of the family. He decided the Medici should have a genuine palazzo of their own and commissioned old mate Bruno to design something nice. And he also commissioned sculptor Donatello to produce a bronze statue of David. Then Rinaldo degli Albizzi, the leader of the old oligarchy families, decides to fight back against the new taxation system by starting a war.

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