The Duke Valentino had returned from Lombardy, where he had been to cl… — The Prince

The Prince — Niccolò Machiavelli

The Duke Valentino had returned from Lombardy, where he had been to clear himself with the King of France from the calumnies which had been raised against him by the Florentines concerning the rebellion of Arezzo and other towns in the Val di Chiana, and had arrived at Imola, whence he intended with his army to enter upon the campaign against Giovanni Bentivogli, the tyrant of Bologna: for he intended to bring that city under his domination, and to make it the head of his Romagnian duchy.

Place: CHAPTER XXIV -- WHY THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE LOST THEIR STATES · ¶317
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