[no spoilers] westeros similar to medieval italy?

I’ve read a lot about the connection between GOT and the war of the roses, but is there much written about how much it ties well together with italy in the late 15th century early 16th century? the lannisters seem a lot like the borgias (tywin — pope alexander VI; jaime & cersei — cesare & lucrezia; the youngest son joffre was wed to a sanchia for a political alliance). not to mention italy wasn’t a country back then (in the modern sense of the word), it was made up of duchies & kingdoms, etc. and you could look at king’s landing as rome. it would also make sense with the narrow sea being akin to the mediterranean sea. thoughts?

Submitted December 18, 2020 at 11:57PM by disko_lemonade13 https://ift.tt/38hOSYy