Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia to the papacy, where he proceeds to commit every sin in the book to amass and retain power, influence and enormous wealth for himself and his family.
This tv show contains 17 potentially triggering events.
In the episode (S2) The Borgia Bull, the prince of Naples is terrorized and then tortured offscreen. He is heard shrieking. In a later episode we see his beaten dead body hanging and learn he died under torture. The actual historical character did not die in this manner