Read this passage from chapter 5 of The Prince. What organizational structure does Machiavelli use to
There are, for example, the Spartans and the Romans"
mansh develop the central idea in this passage?
The Spartans held Athens and Thebes, establishing
O argumentative
there an oligarchy: nevertheless they lost them. The
O cause and effect
Romans, in order to hold Capua, Carthage, and
Numantia, dismantled them, and did not lose them.
O compare and contrast
They wished to hold Greece as the Spartans held it, O problem and solution
making it free and permitting its laws, and did not
succeed. So to hold it they were compelled to
dismantle many cities in the country, for in truth there is
no safe way to retain them otherwise than by ruining
them
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