subject
English, 23.01.2021 01:00 myamiller558

Read this passage from chapter 5 of The Prince. There are, for example, the Spartans and the Romans. The Spartans held Athens and Thebes, establishing there an oligarchy: nevertheless they lost them. The Romans, in order to hold Capua, Carthage, and Numantia, dismantled them, and did not lose them. They wished to hold Greece as the Spartans held it, making it free and permitting its laws, and did not succeed. So to hold it they were compelled to dismantle many cities in the country, for in truth there is no safe way to retain them otherwise than by ruining them. And he who becomes master of a city accustomed to freedom and does not destroy it, may expect to be destroyed by it, for in rebellion it has always the watchword of liberty and its ancient privileges as a rallying point, which neither time nor benefits will ever cause it to forget. And whatever you may do or provide against, they never forget that name or their privileges unless they are disunited or dispersed, but at every chance they immediately rally to them, as Pisa after the hundred years she had been held in bondage by the Florentines.

What is Machiavelli’s secondary purpose in writing this passage?

to inform readers about the history of Rome and Sparta and how they built their empires
to inform readers about the tactics Sparta and Rome used to hold cities and their effectiveness
to persuade readers that a conquering prince must destroy a former republic if he hopes to hold it
to persuade readers that a republic will remember freedom and someday rebel against a conqueror

ansver
Answers: 1

Other questions on the subject: English

image
English, 21.06.2019 18:30, xXFLUFFYXx
How does dr. king's understanding of "outsider" compare to the understanding of the writers of "a call for unity"? question 2 options: dr. king agrees with the clergymen that "outsiders" should not be involved in local conflicts because they makes things worse. dr. king defines himself as an "outsider," but the clergymen think he is an "insider." the clergymen define "outsider" as anyone anywhere who disagrees with their point of view and "insider" as anyone who agrees with them. the clergymen believe anyone outside of their city is an "outsider," but dr. king believes anyone in the united states is part of one common community.
Answers: 1
image
English, 21.06.2019 23:10, mrstealyogirl40
Awell-written summary should be used o in place of reading an original text to you review something that you have already read
Answers: 2
image
English, 22.06.2019 01:00, danejac99
Wind blowing briskly leaves falling from the tree which best identifies the form of poetry represented by the stanza? 1.) free verse2.) iambic pentameter3.)sonnet4.) quatain
Answers: 2
image
English, 22.06.2019 01:50, nkh69
Brutus: but as he was ambitious, i slew him. . who is here so base that would be a bondman? if any, speak, for him have i offended. who is here so rude that would not be a roman? if any, speak, for him have i offended. who is here so vile that will not love his country? if any, speak, for him have i offended. i pause for a reply. which rhetorical device does brutus use in this excerpt?
Answers: 3
You know the right answer?
Read this passage from chapter 5 of The Prince. There are, for example, the Spartans and the Romans...

Questions in other subjects:

Konu
Arts, 27.08.2019 01:00