Titus Livius, known in English as Livy, was a Roman historian. He wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, titled Ab Urbe Condita, ''From the Founding of the City'', covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditional founding in 753 BC through the reign of Augustus in Livy's own lifetime. He was on familiar terms with members of the Julio …

Mar 13, 2022 · Discourses on Livy (Neville) (1531) by Niccolò Machiavelli, translated by Henry Neville First Book → sister projects: Wikipedia article. If The Prince resembles a guidebook based primarily on empirical observations, Machiavelli wrote the Discourses as a commentary on Livy's work on Roman history.

Mar 13, 2022 · 31786 Discourses on Livy (Neville) — Second Book (Preface) Niccolò Machiavelli. Men always praise ( (but not always reasonably)) the ancient times and find fault with the present; and they are such partisans of things past, that they celebrate not only that age which has been recalled to their memory by known writers, but those also ( (being now old)) which they …

Mar 13, 2022 · 31785 Discourses on Livy (Neville) — First Book (Preface) Niccolò Machiavelli. When I consider how much honor is attributed to antiquity, and how many times, not to mention many other examples, a fragment of an antique statue has been bought at a great price in order to have it near to one, honoring his house, being able to have it imitated by those who delight …

and because the things achieved by them and that are made notable by titus livius, have taken place either through public councils or private (individuals) either inside or outside the city, i shall begin to discourse upon those things which occured inside; and as for the public council, which is worthy of greater annotation, i shall judge, …

The. Discourses on Livy. of Niccolò Machiavelli. Like The Prince, the Discourses on Livy admits of various interpretations. One view, elaborated separately in works by the political theorists J.G.A. Pocock and Quentin Skinner in the 1970s, stresses the work’s republicanism and locates Machiavelli in a republican tradition that starts with Aristotle (384–322 bc) and continues …

Aug 19, 2013 · A commentary on Titus Livius’s (Livy’s) work on Roman History, “The Discourses on Livy” is Niccolo Machiavelli’s examination of the structure and benefit of the republic. Considered the most important work on the subject of republicanism in the early modern era, “The Discourses on Livy” are comprised of three books.

While Machiavelli has become widely popular for his work on principalities, his other major work, The Discourses on Livy, focused mainly on republican statecraft, and his recommendations for a well ordered republic. Machiavelli noted how free republics have power structures that are better than principalities.