ALVIANO, BARTOLOMEO d'. - Condottiero born in Rocca d'Alviano, from the noble family of the Liviani, in 1455, died in Bergamo in 1515. He began his career in 1478 in the service of the Pope and the King of Naples against Lorenzo the Magnificent. He then sided with the Orsini and fought for them in 1496 on the lands of the Church. In 1503 he fought alongside the Spanish against the French and played a decisive role in the Battle of the Garigliano, which marked the definitive defeat of Louis XII in the kingdom.
In 1507, together with Niccolò Orsini, Count of Pitigliano, he entered the service of the Venetians, and remained there until his death. After the victorious campaign of 1508 against Maximilian, King of Germany, which gave Venice the temporary conquest of Trieste, he began in 1509 the campaign against the League of Cambrai; but in the defeat at Agnadello he was taken prisoner. Released five years later, he resumed service with the rank of captain general of the Most Serene Republic and was confirmed in the hereditary possession of Pordenone in Friuli. He is credited with the defeat of the Swiss in the Battle of Marignano (1515).