Cesare Borgia

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Cesare Borgia (September 13, 1475March 12, 1507), of the House of Borgia, was the son of Pope Alexander VI who appointed him as a military leader.


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  • My task is not to tyrannize but to destroy tyrants.
    • Clive Foss, The Tyrants: 2500 Years of Absolute Power and Corruption, London: Quercus Publishing, 2006, ISBN 1905204965, p. 71

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  • Aut Caesar, aut nihil.
    • Translation: Either Caesar or nothing (all or nothing)
    • This motto is supposedly inscribed on his sword

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  • Aut Caesar aut nihil (et nihil fuit).
    • Translation: Either Caesar or nothing (and nothing came of it).
    • Title of a requiem mass that was celebrated in the Santa Maria Church of Viana in Navarra in remembrance of Cesare Borgia.

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