Which text structure does Machiavelli use in this
passage? compare and contrast
Which idea from the text best illustrates this structure?
The Spartans held Athens and Thebes, establishing there
an oligarchy: nevertheless they lost them. The Romans, in
order to hold Capua, Carthage, and Numantia,
dismantled them, and did not lose them. They wished to
hold Greece as the Spartans held it, making it free and
permitting its laws, and did not succeed.
How does this text structure help the author convey his
central idea?
-The Prince,
Niccolò Machiavelli