Stop Asking Which Borgia Show Is ‘More Accurate.’ You’re Watching It Wrong.
The endless debate over which Borgia TV show is ‘more historically accurate’ misses the point entirely. Historical fiction was never about preserving the past β it’s about interrogating the present. Showtime’s glossy antihero fantasy and Fontana’s institutional grinder both reflect 2010s anxieties, not 15th-century Rome. Every period drama is a mirror disguised as a window.