Bartolomeo da Bergamo, fought for the Venetians, 102.
Benedetto Lanfranchi, conspires against Castruccio Castracani, 256; put to death, 256
Benefits, Machiavelli's rule for the conferring of, 73; men bound by those received, as well as by those conferred, 87
Bentivogli, Annibole, murdered by the Canneschi, 152
Bentivogli, Giovanni, tyrant of Bologna, 219; forms an alliance with Duke Valentino, 223
Borgia, Cesare, son [second] of Pope Alexander, 26; usually called Duke Valentino, 26; acquired his state during the ascendency of his father, 54, lost it by extreme malignity of fortune, 55; suspects the faith of the Orsini, 56, and of Louis XII., 56; how he weakened the Orsini and Colonnesi parties in Rome, 57; crushed the Orsini, 57; his measures recommended for imitation, 58, 62; appointed Ramiro d'Oroo governor in the Romagna, 62; set up a court of judgment, 62; seeks new allies and temporises with France, 59; courses he pursued to strengthen his position, 60; his party most numerous in the College of Cardinals, 60; Lucca and Siena yield to him, 60; his strong position at the death of his father, 60; a statement made by him to Machiavelli, 61; his father's death and his own sickness frustrate his designs, 62; his mistaken policy in allowing the election of Julius II., 62; ought to have made a Spaniard Pope, 63; this mistake the cause of his ultimate ruin, 63; takes Oliverotto da Fermo at Sinigalia, 71; an instrument of Alexander VI., 93; captured Imola and Forli with French auxiliaries, 109; was considered cruel, 133; sends to King of France for assistance, 221; a most perfect dissembler, 222; concludes a peace with his adversaries, 222; forms an alliance with Giovanni Bentivogli, 223; Sinigalia yields to, 224; goes to Fano, 224; his measures for the destruction of his enemies, 225; orders his forces to assemble at the Metauro, 225; receives his adversaries with apparent goodwill, 227; causes them to be strangled, 229
Canneschi, the, killed by the people for the murder of Annibale Bentivogli, 152
Capua, course followed by Romans to hold, 40
Cardinals, foster factions in Rome, and out of it, 94
Carmignuola, a valiant man, employed by the Venetians, loi; murdered by the Venetians, 102
Carthage, course followed by Romans to hold, 40
Carthaginians, compelled by Agathocles to come to terms, 68; oppressed by their mercenary soldiers, 100
Castruccio Castracani, a man who did great deeds, 231; the infancy of, 232; is received into the house of Messer Francesco Guinigi, 234; acquires great fame as a captain, 235; appointed governor and tutor to Pagolo Guinigi, 236; fortifies and provisions the tower of Oresti, 237; commands the army of the Ghibellines, 238; decides to join battle with the Guelphs, 239; his skilful tactics, 239; defeats the Guelphs, 240; thrown into prison, 241; becomes powerful in Lucca, 242; captures
