Born on May 3, 1469, in Florence, Italy, Niccolò Machiavelli was a diplomat for 14 years in Italy's Florentine Republic during the Medici family's exile. ... During that time he read book on Roman history and political treatises. ...

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For example, he uses the Roman Empire as a strong ruling force that should be noted. The Romans always looked ahead and never postponed or procrastinated. ... Italy became a republic in 1946, and the king was exiled. ... If the title's Chocolate stands for a land of plenty, Bread refers to basic necessities, like those in the Roman expression "bread and circus games." ...

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