His brother reigned at Milan.

Bernabo displayed all the worst vices of the Visconti.

His system of taxation was most oppressive, and at the same time so lucrative that he was able, according to Giovio's estimate, to settle nine of his daughters at an expense of something like two millions of gold pieces.

A curious instance of his tyranny relates to his hunting establishment.

Having saddled his subjects with the keep of 5,000 boar-hounds, he appointed officers to go round and see whether these brutes were either too lean or too well-fed to be in good condition for the chase.