Cola di Rienzo vowing to obtain justice for the death of his young brother, slain in a skirmish between the Colonna and the Orsini factions - By William Holman Hunt, 1848-9. Cola di Rienzo (or di Rienzi) (c. 1313 – October 8, 1354) was an Italian medieval politician and popular leader, tribune of the Roman people in the mid-14th century.

Cola di Rienzo vowing to obtain justice for the death of his young brother, slain in a skirmish between the Colonna and the Orsini factions - By William Holman Hunt, 1848-9. Cola di Rienzo (or di Rienzi) (c. 1313 – October 8, 1354) was an Italian medieval politician and popular leader, tribune of the Roman people in the mid-14th century.