The Borgias 2011 2013 The rise to power, and start of a dynasty, of the Borgia family Rodrigo Borgia ascends within the Catholic Church, becoming Pope Alexander VI The position brings with it many enemies, internal and state based, and he has to use all of his abilities of diplomacy, ruthlessness, charm, and the power of the church to stay in power, and alive Luckily, his children are equally ambitious