Talk:Cesare Borgia
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The article says he was born in 1476, but that he was "at the age of 33" when he died in 1507. As that's not possible, one of these two claims has to be wrong. --Delirium 08:49, Aug 25, 2003 (UTC)
The article says that he is Duke of Valencia, to my best information he was not but was Archbishop of Valencia and was made Duke of Valatinois by Luis XII king of France. -- lwatson
Yes, he was Duke of Valentinois. john 21:03, 15 Feb 2004 (UTC)
I'm surprised there's nothing in the article regarding Borgia's presence in Machiavelli's THE PRINCE...
- See the last para. --mav
Image of Jesus
I removed this text from the article:
"The standard image of Jesus Christ seen around the world today is acutally Cesare Borgia."
This is at least an exaggeration, as (a) there is no one 'standard image' of Jesus, and (b) most of the similarities that exist between commonly-used pictures of Jesus also exist in pictures predating Borgia by centuries (e.g. the 550AD 'Christ Pantocrator' icon in St. Catherine's Monastery, Sinai). I've replaced it with a greatly reduced claim saying that it has been suggested that pictures of Jesus produced around that time might have been influenced by Borgia's looks, which might in turn have influenced images since; can anyone comment on whether even this is justified? TSP 16:16, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
