Machiavelli Born in Florence
1469
A minor notary's son was born in a Florentine house near the Ponte Vecchio. He would hold modest diplomatic posts under the republic, be tortured and exiled when the Medici returned, and write a short treatise on realpolitik in a country villa that would permanently rearrange the vocabulary of political thought.
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.