Michelangelo - didn't sleep very much
He sculpted a 35 foot block of marble
Michelangelo was raised along side the heirs of the Medici dynasty
The sculpture was David, and it became a symbol of the Florence
The Medici's wanted to reclaim Florence, and they sent an army in to do so
Giovanni became Pope Leo X
Florence welcomed its former enemy back
Gold boy dies
Giovanni Medici had risen higher than any of his ancestors
Michelangelo was forced to paint the ceiling of the Vatican , but he never thought of himself as a painter.
He created the greatest work of art of the Renaissance
Medici's ordered Michelangelo to build magnificent tombs for their ancestors.
Machiavelli wrote a handbook for dictators
His plan backfired, the Medici refused to employ him
His name became a word for ruthless and cynical politics
The pope hears of a conspiracy against him, and he has the conspirators killed instead
He started selling papal indulgences that would cleanse your sins
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