| Niccolo Machiavelli | |
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 Niccolo Machiavelli in a sponsorship | |
| Character information | |
| Birth name | Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli |
| Nickname(s) | Old Nick Son of the Devil |
| Born | May 3rd, 1469 Florence, Republic of Florence |
| Died | June 21, 1527 (aged 58) Florence, Republic of Florence |
| Physical description | |
| Hair | White |
| Eyes | Grey |
| News/Sponsorship information | |
| Hosted/Presented | Civilization VII |
| Release date | February 12, 2025 |
| “ | With gorgeous detail and lavish design!
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Niccolo Machiavelli co-hosted the Civilization VII sponsorship section of Napoleon vs Charlemagne alongside Himiko, Augustus, Isabella I of Castile, Frederick the Great, Pachacuti, Viracocha Inca, Ben Franklin and Napoleon Bonaparte. He was voiced by EpicLLOYD.
Information on the host
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was a Florentine diplomat, author, philosopher, and historian who lived during the Italian Renaissance. He is best known for his political treatise The Prince (Il Principe), written around 1513 but not published until 1532, five years after his death. He has often been called the father of modern political philosophy and political science.
For many years he served as a senior official in the Florentine Republic with responsibilities in diplomatic and military affairs. He wrote comedies, carnival songs, and poetry. His personal correspondence is also important to historians and scholars of Italian correspondence. He worked as secretary to the second chancery of the Republic of Florence from 1498 to 1512, when the Medici were out of power.
After his death Machiavelli's name came to evoke unscrupulous acts of the sort he advised most famously in his work, The Prince. He claimed that his experience and reading of history showed him that politics has always involved deception, treachery, and crime. He advised rulers to engage in evil when political necessity requires it, and argued specifically that successful reformers of states should not be blamed for killing other leaders who could block change. Machiavelli's Prince has been surrounded by controversy since it was published. Some consider it to be a straightforward description of political reality. Others view The Prince as a manual, teaching would-be tyrants how they should seize and maintain power. Even into recent times, some scholars, such as Leo Strauss, have restated the traditional opinion that Machiavelli was a "teacher of evil".
Civilization VII Sponsorship Rap
[Note: Machiavelli is in red, while Himiko, Augustus, Isabella I of Castile, Frederick the Great, Pachacuti, Viracocha Inca, Ben Franklin and Napoleon Bonaparte are in regular text. All rapping together is in italics.]
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