…reaching the walls of Rome on May…
May 1527 CE
…reaching the walls of Rome on May 5.
The troops defending Rome are not at all numerous, consisting of five thousand militiamen led by Renzo da Ceri and one hundred and eighty-six Papal Swiss Guard.
The city's fortifications include the massive walls, and it possessed a good artillery force, which the Imperial army lacks.
Duke Charles needs to conquer the city hastily, to avoid the risk of being trapped between the besieged city and the League's army.
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Anne de Montmorency
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Antonio de Leyva
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Charles III, Duke of Bourbon
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Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
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Charles de Lannoy
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Eleanor of Austria
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Fabrizio Maramaldo
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Fernando d'Avalos
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Ferrante I Gonzaga
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Francesco II Sforza
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Francis I of France
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Georg von Frundsberg
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Henry II, king of Navarre
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Henry VIII of England
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Hugo de Moncada
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Isabella of Portugal
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John Stewart, Duke of Albany
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Louise of Savoy
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Martin Luther
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Philibert de Chalon
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Pompeo Colonna
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Pope Clement VII
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Suleiman I “the Magnificent”
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Thomas Wolsey
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Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
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Flanders, County of
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Genoa, (Most Serene) Republic of
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Venice, (Most Serene) Republic of
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Austria, Archduchy of
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Artois, County of
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Hungary, Kingdom of
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Swiss mercenaries
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France, (Valois) Kingdom of
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Holy Roman Empire
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Scotland, Kingdom of
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Milan, Duchy of
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Ottoman Empire
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Ferrara, Duchy of
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England, (Tudor) Kingdom of
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Landsknechts
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Naples, Kingdom of
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Swiss Guard
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Florence, Medici-ruled
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Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of
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Lutheranism
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Hungary, Royal
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