the Friend of the Communes: "Thomas I of Savoy, the first of his family to be called Count of Savoy, was nicknamed the Friend of Communes because of his liberal grant of charters to towns and cities, including Chambery which he purchased in 1232. He was also known as the Ghibelline for his support of the Hohenstaufen kings of Germany who appointed him their Imperial Vicar in Lombardy."
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the Dacian: "Ulpian Trajan, adopted son of Nerva, when he became emperor, made war to the Dacians in order to retrain them from their incursions into the Roman settlements. However, Decebalus, their strong and fierce king, inflicted on him such an enormous loss that for the humiliation suffered Trajan did not refrain from tearing to pieces his general's cloak and distribute it among his legionnaires, crying aloud for the only wish of his life---'Oh, that the Heavens would let me see Dacia subjugated!' After recovering his forces, through the roughness of the mountains and the inaccessibility of river, Trajan reached the royal abode of Decebalus who, stricken by the sudden Roman intervention, accepted the tolerable conditions imposed by Trajan and joining in alliance with him became a friend of the Roman people. In Rome, knowing about the fierceness of this nation, all Romans thought that having reached a friendly alliance with Decebalus was a thing deserving a triumph and for that reason Trajan obtained the epithet of 'Dacian.'" (Statecraft: The Deeds of Antonio Carafa: 201)
the Honest Courtesan (It. la Cortegeana Onesta): "Tullia d'Aragona was a cortegiana onesta, that is to say, educated, respectable in manners, selective in her choice of clients, and expensive. She was the daughter of a courtesan from Campania and Cardinal Luigi d'Aragona, a descendant of the Aragonese royal line. Her lovers included some of the most eminent intellectuals of her time, among them Girolamo Muzio, Bernardo Tasso, Girolamo Fracastoro, and possibly even the authoritative Florentine intellectual and critic Benedetto Varchi, known as a homosexual. Tullia d'Aragona authored a poetic dialogue where she exchanged opinions about love between herself and Varchi, and she also published poems addressed to other intellectuals, who often reciprocated." (Shining Eyes, Cruel Fortune: The Lives and Loves of Italian Renaissance Women Poets: xvi)
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