have succeeded without use of force, 49
Turk, the, difficulties of seizing the kingdom of, 32; ease with which the kingdom of, may be held if conquered, 32
Uguccione of Arezzo, lord of Pisa, 237; his son killed in battle, 240; devotes his energies to destroying Castruccio Castracani, 241; flies to Lombardy, 242; dies in poverty, 242
Urbino, rebellion at, 221
Vaila, battle at, disastrous to the Venetians, 102
Valentino, Duke. See Borgia, Cesare
Venetians, introduced Louis XII. into Italy, 23, 56; protectorate of the, over Faenza and Rimini, 55; Julius II. intended to ruin the, 94; overcome by Francesco Sforza at Caravaggio, 100; acted safely when they depended on own armed gentlemen and plebeians, 101; under Carmignuola beat Duke of Milan, 101; mercenary captains employed by, 102; serious consequences of a battle at Vaila to the, 102; fostered the Guelph and Ghibelline factions, 169; their alliance with France caused the ruin of the, 181
Vitelli, Nicolo, demolished two fortresses in Citta di Castello, 172
Vitelli, Pagolo, appointed captain by the Florentines, 101
Vitelli, the, beaten by Duke Valentino at Sinigalia, 71; employed by Duke Valentino, 109
Vitelli, Vitellozzo, attends the meeting at Magione, 219; comes before Duke Valentino, 227; is strangled, 229
War, its rules and discipline should be the only study of princes, 115; how a prince should train himself in preparation for, 116; use and value of a training for, 117; the rules of, continually studied by Philopoemen, 117
Xenophon, his life of Cyrus, 118
