TY - BOOK AU - Machiavelli,Niccolò AU - Thomson,Ninian Hill TI - Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius AV - JC PY - 2004/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Political science -- Early works to 1800 KW - Livy. Ab urbe condita KW - Rome -- Historiography N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discourses_on_Livy; Release date is 2004-01-01; Ted Garvin, Jayam Subramanian and PG Distributed Proofreaders; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius" by Niccolò Machiavelli is a work of political history and philosophy written around 1517. Using the first ten books of Livy's ancient Roman history as a foundation, Machiavelli examines how past civilizations can teach lessons for contemporary politics. He explores different forms of government, the cycles of political greatness, and Rome's evolution into a republic. Through 142 chapters, Machiavelli argues that studying history reveals timeless principles about power, leadership, and the common good. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10827 ER -