In the late 1490s, political disorder in Perugia increased, leading in 1496 to the creation of the magistracy of the
riformatori della giustizia to restore legality. External conflicts followed, including a war against the
Duke of Urbino in 1498 and the war between
Venice and
Florence, in which Astorre and Giampaolo Baglioni fought on opposing sides. In April 1500,
Pope Alexander VI abolished the
Dieci dell’arbitrio, a key communal magistracy, an act publicly accepted and seen as reflecting weakness and divisions within both the Baglioni family and the city's leadership. These tensions set the stage for the coup attempt during the wedding celebrations that July. ==Aftermath==