1. Machivelli's Discourses
... collapse" (55, 56). Fortune, just as it is intertwined with virtue, can also be related to one of Rome's major institutions of religion. Religion was so important to the Romans that it "helped in the control of armies, in encouraging plebs, in producing good men, and in shaming the bad" (Machiavelli, 140). Citizens were kept in a well-ordered manner over a long period of time due to ... the fear of the gods, and so were able to maintain their virtu and remaining in good standing with the goddess Fortune. Machiavelli tends to put a strong emphasis on Roman religion by addressing the fact...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate
