Xavier_Onassis » 06 Mar 2023, 8:01 pm » wrote: ↑ The closest thing to a theocracy was probably Florence during 1494 t0 1498 when Girolamo Savanarola took charge. The period was known as the "Bonfire of the Vanities". Eventually, the Pope and others grew tired of Savalarola and burned him and a couple of his colleagues. It is said that it took three hours to incinerate him.