prince in time of peace, 98; Italy ruined by resting her hopes on, 98; captains dangerous whether capable or not, 99; oppressed the Carthaginians, 100; ruled Italy for many years, 102; first given renown by Alberigo da Conic, 103; leaders of, principle that has guided them, 103; studied to lessen danger to themselves, 103; lukewarmness in campaigns, 104; reasons why use of, is less dangerous than employment of auxiliaries, 108
Milan, occupied by Louis XII., 16; Francesco Sforza rose by great ability to be Duke of, 54
Miserly, a Tuscan term, 122
Moses, an excellent example of one who by ability rose to be a prince, 46; could not have succeeded without use of force, 49
Nabis, prince of the Spartans, sustained the attack of all Greece and a Roman army, 80; reason of his ability to, 80; resisted every attack, 150
Nobles, sometimes create a prince to withstand the people, 77; cannot be satisfied by a prince by fair dealing, and without injury to others, 78; danger to a prince from, and from the people, compared, 78, 79; two ways in which nobles should be considered, 79
Numantia, course followed by Romans to hold, 40
Oliverotto da Fermo, brought up by an uncle, Giovanni Fogliani, 69; fought under Pagolo Vitelli, 69; and under Vitellozzo, 69; resolves to seize Fermo, 70; causes the murder of his uncle and the chiefs of Fermo, 71; overreached by Cesare Borgia, 71; attends the meeting at Magione, 219; sent to Duke Valentino, 223; with his band waits near Sinigalia, 226; comes before Duke Valentino, 228; is strangled, 229
Orsini, Duke di Gravini, attends the meeting at Magione, 219; comes before Duke Valentino at Sinigalia, 227; is strangled, 229
Orsini, Signor Paul, mediates between the Duke Valentino and the Orsini, 57
Orsini, the, averse to the aggrandisement of the Pope, 55; resistance crushed by Duke Valentino by help of the French, 57; beaten at Sinigalia, 71; kept within bounds by Julius II., 94; employed by Duke Valentino, 109
Pagolo, Signor, attends the meeting at Magione, 219; comes before Duke Valentino at Sinigalia, 227; is strangled, 229
Pagolo Vitelli, a soldier, 69
Pandolfo Petrucci, Prince of Siena, ruled more by those who had been distrusted than by others, 170; his servant Antonio da Venafro, 185; sends Antonio da Venafro to the meeting at Magione, 220
People, the, sometimes create a prince to defend them from the nobles, 78; should be kept friendly by a prince, 79, 80; only ask not to be oppressed by a prince, 80; a proverb concerning, 81
Pertinax, created Emperor against the wishes of the soldiers, 156; came to a sad end, 156
Philip of Macedon, conflicts of, with Romans, 22; made captain of their soldiers by the Thebans, too; took away the Thebans' liberty, 100;
