URBINO, Italy - From Julius Caesar to Benito Mussolini, the Italian peninsula has had its share of tough guys. But few were as tough - or as simultaneously urbane - as Federico III da Montefeltro (1422-82), count and later duke of Urbino. As a mercenary general who never lost a war, he fought both for and against most of the Italian powers of his time: Florence, Milan, the papacy, and even the king of Aragón (who hired him to conquer Naples).
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