Machiavelli tortured and exiled
1513 · Event
When the Medici return to Florence, the dismissed secretary is suspected of conspiracy, given six drops on the strappado, and retires to his farm — where he writes The Prince.
On these timelines: Italy (post-476 CE), Renaissance, Master
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