Machiavelli (1469 - 1527) was mainly known as an influential Italian statesman and author. He claimed in The Prince that all rulers should aim for welfare of state, regardless of methods. For no apparent reason, the name became byword for devious plotting.He was born in Florence on May 3, 1469; saw the troubles of the French invasion (1493), when the Medici fled, and in 1498 became secretary of the Ten, a post he held until the fall of the republic...
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