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290 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