After doing his part for the French in the second Italian War Cesare Borgia heads back to Rome to concur with his father pope Alexander VI. They take care of some internal business with the Colonna, Orsini and Savelli and Cesare takes some time to kill some bulls and impregnate a few women.

Then Cesare heads back to expand his duchy of Romagna aiming for Camerino and Urbino of the Montefeltro, while his captains, particularly Vitelozzo Vitelli and Giampsolo Baglioni.

As Cesare rises higher, those around him, even the allies, start to worry.

We first follow the life of the military captain Ettore Fieramosca (Hector Proudfly) and his troubled love story with Ginvenra da Monreale which ended tragically after the intervention of Cesare Borgia.

We then move to the lead up and action to one of the most famous duels in Italian history, the Challenge of Barletta (La Disfida di Barletta) in which 13 Italian knights faced off against 13 French knights lead by Guy De La Motte to defend the honour of Italian arms.

The duel would resound throughout Italian history reaching through the Italian Risorgimento to the Fascist era.

The Italians:

Francesco Salamone

Marco Corollario

Riccio Da Parma

Gugliemo albamonte

Mariano marcio Abignente

Giovanni Capoccio da

Giovanni Brancaleone

Ludocivo Abenavolo

Ettore Giovenale

Giovanni Bartolomeo Fanfulla

Romanello da Forlì

Ettore Gioveneale de pazzis

The French:

Charles de torgues

Marc De Frigne

Girout de Forses

Claude Grajan D'aste

Martellin de lambris

Pierre de liaye

Jacques de la fontaine

Eliot de baraut

Jean De Landes

Sacet de saceet

Francois de pise

Jacques de Guignes

Naute de la Faise

Naples once again falls to the French of king Luis XII, but once again they can't hold on to it for long as the delicate agreement with the Spanish of Queen Isabella and king Ferdinand quickly melts away and the legendary general Gonzalo De Cordoba manages to win the kingdom of Naples for his sovereigns with great victories at Cerignola and on the Garigliano river among others.

We also see a little involvement of our old pal Cesare Borgia and hear about a tragic love triangle he was involved in with a woman called Ginevra da Monreale and a man who will resound through Italian history and literature called Hector Proudfly, Ettore Fieramosca.