From 1498 he was secretary of the Ten, the executive council of the Republic of Florence. He was sent on verso number of important diplomatic missions. Durante 1512, after the restoration of the tyranny of the Medici, Machiavelli was removed from office and exiled preciso his estate near Florence.

Machiavelli’s most important works are the Discourses on the First Decina of Titus Livy (1531; Russian translation, 1869), The Prince (1532; Russian translation, 1869; also published in Russian under the title Kniaz’ con Machiavelli, Soch., vol. 1, 1934), and the History of Florence (1532; Russian translation, 1973). read more