# Piero de' Medici — Romola character guide

> Piero de' Medici in Romola by George Eliot.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Piero, clever Medici, the Medici

**First appearance:** 0024-xxi-florence-expects-a-guest

## Who they are

The exiled head of the Medici family, whose return is plotted.

## In the story

### [Florence Expects a Guest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/xxi-florence-expects-a-guest)

Recently expelled from Florence after surrendering fortresses to the French; a price set on his head.

### [The Evening and the Morning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/liv-the-evening-and-the-morning)

Attempted to enter Florence with troops but was repelled and fled.

### [LVII: Why Tito Was Safe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/romola_se/chapters/lvii-why-tito-was-safe)

The Medicean leader attempting to gather forces; the plot to restore him is the subject of Tito's revelations.

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