1
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius
The Project Gutenberg EBook of Discourses on the First Decade of Titus
Livius, by Niccolo Machiavelli This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net
Title: Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius
Author: Niccolo Machiavelli
Release Date: January 25, 2004 [EBook #10827]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DISCOURSES ***
Produced by Ted Garvin, Jayam Subramanian and PG Distributed Proofreaders
DISCOURSES ON THE FIRST DECADE OF
TITUS LIVIUS
BY
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI
CITIZEN AND SECRETARY OF FLORENCE
TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY
NINIAN HILL THOMSON, M.A.
LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH & CO., 1, PATERNOSTER SQUARE 1883
TO PROFESSOR PASQUALE VILLARI.
DEAR PROFESSOR VILLARI,
Permit me to inscribe your name on a translation of Machiavelli's Discourses which I had your encouragement to undertake, and in which I have done my best to preserve something of the flavour of the original. Yours faithfully,
NINIAN HILL THOMSON.
FLORENCE, May 17, 1883.
BOOK I.
PREFACE
CHAPTER
I. Of the beginnings of Cities in general, and in particular of that of Rome
II. Of the various kinds of Government; and to which of them the Roman Commonwealth belonged
III. Of the accidents which led in Rome to the creation of Tribunes of the Pe
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius
by Niccolo Machiavelli