The Lessons of Machiavelli

Most people think of Machiavelli as a political philosopher and that's why I'm covering him. He was very interested in history, in his particular in Roman history. What were the most important lessons that he took from his study of history for his political thought? Well here we want to distinguish two great texts on politics, the prince which he completed in 1513 and the discarsu on Livy which he completed in 1519. In the prince, the great ethno learn is from the history of the Roman Empire. A long chapter tells us that everything he wants to say about the morality of politics could be encapsulated by thinking about the emperors of the 2nd to