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Medici Return to Florence

Type Event Region Italy Time 1512

In September 1512, with Spanish troops and Pope Julius II's support, the Medici ended eighteen years of exile and returned to Florence, restoring fam…

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  1. 1512Outside Florence · TuscanyAfter the fall of Prato, Ramón de Cardona advanced on Florence with Spanish forces; divisions emerged within the republican camp, and the Soderini regime faced collapse.
  2. 1512Florence · FlorenceSoderini was forced into exile, and Giuliano de' Medici and Giulio de' Medici entered Florence under military escort, ending the Medici family's exile since 1494.
  3. 1512Florence · FlorenceAfter the Medici restoration, republican institutions were abolished and a pro-papal oligarchic rule established; republican officials such as Machiavelli were dismissed, and Florentine politics entered a new phase dominated by the Medici.

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