Borgia (TV Series)

The Invasion of Rome (2011)

Diarmuid Noyes: Alessandro Farnese

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Alessandro Farnese : Yes, but the rules of war no longer rule. Hadrian built Castel Sant'Angelo as a mausoleum, not a shelter for Roman refugees. When the French army arrives, I fear this fort will be used as a tomb once more. Within days, hours even.

  Rodrigo Borgia : Stay brave, Eminence.

  Alessandro Farnese : With all due respect, Holiness, the army of Naples was filled with brave men, who now lie putrefying on the fields north of Rome. And their king has abdicated, fled to Gaeta.