Florence, 1429.Giovanni de Medici, thanks to a contract stipulated with the Papacy twenty years before, has transformed his family bank into an unprecedented economic force. But then, Giovanni is mysteriously murdered, and his sons, Cosimo and Lorenzo, are forced to face a range of enemies plotting to oust the Medici from power. First in line is Rinaldo Albizzi, head of the faction of nobles, who stands opposed not only to the rise of the middle class, favored by the Medici, but also to Cosimos vision for the city, including his patronage of magnificent works of art and architecture by such great artists as Donatello and Brunelleschi.Also in the Medici family keeping the peace is not an easy task. Lorenzo and Cosimo are nearly opposite in temperament, and Cosimos marriage to Contessina de Bardi formed as a political alliance but then matured into a formidable partnership will be severely strained during his exile in Venice. It is there that Cosimo takes up with Maddalena, a beautiful slave who becomes his mistress and the mother of his illegitimate son.In the meantime, the mystery of who killed Giovanni continues to lurk behind the scenes, and a new arch-enemy appears on the horizon in the person of the rival banker Pazzi. All the while, the onerous guilt of the compromises made and the evil done for the good of the family weighs heavily on Cosimos soul. He must decide how far he is willing to go to preserve his vision of Florence a vision we now know as the Renaissance.

精彩短评
·科西莫终于被搬上银幕了，可以说意大利的文艺复兴有他没他绝对判若云泥，拍得再烂我都要奔走推荐，就为了让更多的人知道这段历史，不是炸碉堡和号召起义的才叫英雄，重视和传承发扬人类文明的人有时候比英雄还伟大。
·这种东西大概就是属于拍得再烂我都会一集不差地追下去的那种吧。。。。。。
·一手好牌打烂了的典型。事实证明这剧只有妹子能看了。编剧就网文水平，美第齐一家都是圣母白莲，少狼主演技也就那样了不评价。摄影普普，炫技炫的也不是地方，仇家狗带那段放慢剪切的意义不知道在哪里。
·这剧成为我今年最喜欢的时代剧了。元素齐备，制作精良，还求什么？不过，演员的装束实在很难说服我说Cosimo和Contessina的儿子Piero已经这么大了好吗！嫁进Medici的女人都不简单，到第八集我简直要感叹Cosimo如何值得得起Contessina。Lorenzo挂得出乎意料，他有配偶有后代啊编剧！