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Niccolo Machiavelli is born in the age of political turmoil.
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Machiavelli witnesses the brutal and ruthless methods of cesare borgia
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The Medici are expelled and Machiavelli rises to power as one of the only people responsible for making legal documents and as a diplomat on a ten person council. 'Dieci Di liberta e Di pace'
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Machiavelli is dispatched to piombino on his first diplomatic mission
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Machiavelli travels to caterina sforza riariofor a mission
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Machiavelli witnesses first hand what it's like in the political world. Allies,betrayal,deception, assassination
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Machiavelli meets cardinal George's d'amboise of Rouen
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Machiavelli marries Marietta corsini
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Mercenaries were declined memebership and citizens joined the florentine militia.
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The prince.... one of the most debated and argued book of the renaissance. Machiavelli wrote it as a gift to the Medici so that they could use it in politics. The book explaines that you have to be a good person and help others but at the same time be strict and ruthless so that people can't take advantage of kindness. If someone breaks the law they should be punished severely rather than given a warning.
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The Medici return to Florence and exile Machiavelli from Florence forever
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At the age of 58 Machiavelli leaves the world.
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Five years after his death the prince is published and distributed throughout Europe and is translated into the main languages.(Italian,Latin,Greek etc)