Machiavelli stressed the need to conquer new lands and for princes to maintain their power through any means necessary, using Alexander VI, Cesare Borgia, and Julius II as his primary examples. ... Humanistic thought did not flourish in Rome until the papacy of Pope Nicholas V (1447-1455). He became the first pope to openly advocate humanism, and he recruited scholars to come to Rome and translate ancient Greek texts (Humanism: Italy" 4). ...

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