This work ends with an exhortation to unite by offering a list of the weaknesses of the Spanish and Swiss armies, as well as quoting  from a Petrarch poem about combat putting fury to flight.
This work ends with an exhortation to unite by offering a list of the weaknesses of the Spanish and Swiss armies, as well as quoting  from a Petrarch poem about combat putting fury to flight. This work praises the Achaean prince Philopoemen for constantly thinking about war in times of peace and claims that anyone who has read Xenophon's life of Cyrus the Great must notice how Scipio Africanus imitated him throughout his life. In a discussion on the types of soldiery, this work uses the example of the soldiers' revolt after the First Punic War to argue against (*) auxiliaries. This work begins with a discussion of "hereditary principalities" and "ecclesiastical principalities" before advising against the use of mercenaries. Its other sections discuss how the title figure should avoid flatterers and should be feared, but not despised. It was written after its author wrote Discourses on Livy. For 10 points, identify this short treatise dedicated to Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici, a political work of Machiavelli.
This work ends with an exhortation to unite by offering a list of the weaknesses of the Spanish and Swiss armies, as well as quoting  from a Petrarch poem about combat putting fury to flight.
The Prince or Il Principe