Throughout the 13th century<\/strong> the castle was always at the center of violent disputes between Orvieto and Todi<\/strong>, until the latter in 1256<\/strong>, after the agreement between Orvieto and Perugia, regained possession of it, placing Count Raniero dei Baschi<\/strong>, head of the Ghibellines, who, after having allied themselves with Spoleto, besieged Camerino in 1259.<\/p>\n\n\n\n L\u2019odio di Raniero verso la citt\u00e0 marchigiana risaliva ad alcuni anni prima, quando in sua assenza truppe camerinesi al comando di Crescio dei Monaldi<\/strong> avevano arrecato danni al castello di Giove, infierendo contro alcuni suoi parenti. I Baschi, fedeli ghibellini, si trovarono sempre in sintonia con Todi che verso di loro dimostr\u00f2 amicizia e solidariet\u00e0 in parecchie occasioni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 1308 Giove was occupied by the Guelphs of Amelia led by Carolus Nicolai and Offreduccio II of Alviano<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 1320, Sciarra I Colonna <\/strong>(podest\u00e0 of Narni in 1297, captain of the Todine militias in 1310) took possession of it; in January 1328 Sciarra I, senior captain of the people in Rome, crowned Louis IV the Bavarian (1286-1347) emperor; Colonna was driven out of Rome and died in exile in 1329.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In \u00a01333 Giovanni Orsini<\/strong>, cardinal legate in Tuscany, besieged Giove and after committing brutal crimes, destroyed a good part of the fortress.\nPope John XXII (1316-1334), angry at the serious episode, had Orsini imprisoned in the prisons of Amelia on 20 March 1333.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From 1359<\/strong> it became a fiefdom of Tommaso d'Alviano<\/strong>, son of Ugolino, belonging to the Guelph branch of the family; in 1364 it became the stronghold of the Black Company of Anichino Bongardo<\/strong> which for over three years devastated the entire area up to Terni. The ferocious mercenary company, called from Perugia in 1364, camped in Pila where they reached an agreement with the White Company of Giovanni Acuto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 1378<\/strong> the area witnessed the passage of the ferocious Bretons, followers of the antipope Clemente VII (1378-1394), sent by the French cardinals to aid Francesco di Vico, lord of Viterbo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After the mid-15th century, Giove fell into the hands of Everso d'Anguillara, lord of vast domains and a man of arms at the service of the papacy and the rebels; his sons, Francesco (\u2020 1473) and Deifobo (\u2020 1490), after the death of their father (4 September 1464), continued to occupy fiefdoms and castles, thanks to the friendship of the new Pope Paolo II (Pietro Barbo, 1464-1471 ), their godfather. The pope, however, tired of the numerous warnings due to the brutality of their behavior, excommunicated them and with the help of Federico II da Montefeltro and Nicol\u00f2 II Orsini took Giove back under the dominion of Rome in 1465.<\/p>\n\n\n\n La lotta intrapresa contro gli Anguillara si concluse con il loro annientamento e con lo smembramento delle propriet\u00e0 che essi avevano acquisito (Caprarola, Ronciglione e Capranica).<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 1503 the ancient fortress fell under the attack of Cesare Borgia who also dismantled all its defensive works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 1515, Ottavio Farnese, duke of Castro and Ronciglione and lord of Attigliano, took office as governor and sent his daughter Contarina Farnese there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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