"“Discourses on Livy”, which was first published posthumously in 1531, is Niccolo Machiavelli’s analysis of the first ten books of Livy’s monumental work of Roman History, which details the expansion of Rome through the end of the Third Samnite War in 293 BC. Machiavelli believed that by examining the exemplary greatness in Roman history, practical lessons could be applied to the politics of the present day. The Italian renaissance was c ..."
Machiavelli in Tumult(Updated) The DiscoursesonLivy and the Origins of Political Conflictualism by Gabriele Pedullà Hardcover, 284 Pages, Published 2018 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-107-17727-7, ISBN: 1-107-17727-8
"Among the theses that for centuries have ensured Niccol- Machiavelli an ambiguous fame, a special place goes to his extremely positive opinion of social conflicts, and, more in particular, to the claim that in ancient Rome 'the disunion between the plebs and the Roman senate made that republic free and powerful' (Discourses on Livy I.4). Contrary to a long tradition that had always highly valued civic concord, Machiavelli thought that - ..."
"A commentary on Titus Livius's (Livy's) work on Roman History, "The Discourses on Livy" is Niccolo Machiavelli's examination of the structure and benefit of the republic. Considered the most important work on the subject of republicanism in the early modern era, "The Discourses on Livy" are comprised of three books. In the first book Machiavelli discusses the internal structure of a republic. In the second book he discusses matters of w ..."
"Machiavelli's New Modes and Orders is the only full-length interpretive study on Machiavelli's controversial and ambiguous work, Discourses on Livy. These discourses, considered by some to be Machiavelli's most important work, are thoroughly explained in a chapter-by-chapter commentary by Harvey C. Mansfield, one of the world's foremost interpreters of this remarkable philosopher. Mansfield's aim is to discern Machiavelli's intention i ..."
Machiavelli's Romans(384th Edition) Liberty and Greatness in the DiscoursesonLivy (Applications of Political Theory) by Patrick J. Coby Paperback, 378 Pages, Published 1999 by Lexington Books ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-0070-7, ISBN: 0-7391-0070-X
"Although Machiavelli is usually considered a pioneer among modern political philosophers, he read deeply in and was greatly influenced by the works of classical Roman thinkers such as Livy. There is thus a fundamental tension between the modern and the ancient within Machiavelli's philosophy; he is both a precursor to the Enlightenment and a throwback to republican Rome. This is the main thesis behind Patrick Coby's innovative study of ..."
DiscoursesonLivy Large Print (Paperback) by Niccolo Machiavelli Paperback, Published 2019 by Independently Published, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-08-286403-2, ISBN: 1-08-286403-X
Machiavelli and the Modern State The Prince, The DiscoursesonLivy, and the Extended Territorial Republic by Alissa M. Ardito Hardcover, 340 Pages, Published 2015 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-107-06103-3, ISBN: 1-107-06103-2