Machiavelli and da Vinci in “The Borgias”
Another inconsistency in “The Borgias” involved the friendship between Machiavelli and Leonardo da Vinci. On the show, they were best friends as teenagers. But the show takes place in 1467 and Machiavelli wasn’t born at that time. Also, there’s a 17-year age difference between him and da Vinci, so there was no way they could have been childhood friends.