I'm reading a biography of Erasmus, and while he visits Italy, the Pope is waging war on Bologna and Venice, I believe. For fear of excommunication, Erasmus has

I'm reading a biography of Erasmus, and while he visits Italy, the Pope is waging war on Bologna and Venice, I believe. For fear of excommunication, Erasmus has to flee. "Nicknamed the Warrior Pope or the Fearsome Pope, he chose his papal name not in honour of Pope Julius I but in emulation of Julius Caesar." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Julius_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Julius_II