Read this passage from chapter 5 of The Prince
There are, for example, the Spartans and the
Romans. The Spartans held Athens and Thebes,
establishing there an oligarchy: nevertheless they lost
hem. The Romans, in order to hold Capua, Carthage,
and Numantia, dismantled them, and did not lose
hem. They wished to hold Greece as the Spartans
meld it, making it free and permitting its laws, and did
mot succeed. So to hold it they were compelled to
dismantle many cities in the country, for in truth there
s no safe way to retain them otherwise than by
uining them. And he who becomes master of a city
■ccustomed to freedom and does not destroy it, may
expect to be destroyed by it, for in rebellion it has
always the watchword of liberty and its ancient
rivileges as a rallying point, which neither time nor
enefits will ever cause it to forget. And whatever you
mav do or provide against. thev never forget that
What is Machiavelli's secondary purpose in writin
passage?
Oto inform readers about the history of Rome
Sparta and how they built their empires
Oto inform readers about the tactics Sparta and
Rome used to hold cities and their effectivenes
Oto persuade readers that a conquering prince
destroy a former republic if he hopes to hold it
to persule readers that a republic will remem
freedom and someday rebel against a conquer