Agathocles the Sicilian, born 361 B.C., died 289 B.C.

Mr Burd suggests that this word probably comes near the modern equivalent of Machiavelli’s thought when he speaks of “crudelta” than the more obvious “cruelties.”

Nabis, tyrant of Sparta, conquered by the Romans under Flamininus in 195 B.C.; killed 192 B.C.

Messer Giorgio Scali. This event is to be found in Machiavelli’s “Florentine History,” Book III.

Charles VIII invaded Italy in 1494.