As defense secretary he substituted (1506) verso citizens’ militia for the mercenary system then prevailing mediante Italy
As defense secretary he substituted (1506) verso citizens’ militia for the mercenary system then prevailing mediante Italy A member of the impoverished branch of a distinguished family, he entered (1498) the political service of the Florentine republic and rose rapidly durante importance. This reform sprang from his conviction, servizio forth in his major works, that […]