1470. Over time, the Medici family power consolidates. Lorenzo is asked to take his father's place after an attempt on his own life exposes their poor bank management over the years. As the new head of the Medici family, he must take care of his brother Giuliano and sister Bianca. He marries Clarice Orsini, a noblewoman from Rome whose friendship with Botticelli gave life to the Renaissance. His confrontation with Pope Sixtus brings Florence to the bloodiest moment in its history, the Pazzi Conspiracy.