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I would say “inspired by” rather than “based on”. I have taken some names and incidents from the Medicis history, particularly in City of Flowers but I have made more up. Gaetanos ugliness, cleverness and charm were inspired by Lorenzo de Medici (Lorenzo the Magnificent) though the Medici prince lived much earlier.
