Pandolfo was considerate enough to strangle him in prison, and then show his corpse to the people.The last notable example of such usurpers is the famous Castellan of Musso, who during the confusion in the Milanese territory which followed the battle of Pavia (1525), improvised a sovereignty on the Lake of Como.
The Smaller Despotisms It may be said in general of the despotisms of the fifteenth century that the greatest crimes are most frequent in the smallest States.In these, where the family was numerous and all the members wished to live in a manner befitting their rank, disputes respecting the inheritance were unavoidable.Bernardo Varano of Camerino put (1434) two of his brothers to death, wishing to divide their property among his sons.