Alexander the Great as “Lord of Asia” and Rome as His Successor in Machiavelli's Prince
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6400900 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vickie Sullivan (0009-0006-3509-4707, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 515-537 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034670513000569 |
| OpenAlex | W1984822198 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
Alexander the Great and his legacy suffuse The Prince, a fact that has received little attention. Machiavelli uses Alexander to illustrate the form of rule in which one is lord and all others are slaves. In recounting the Roman Republic's conquest of Greece, Machiavelli treats Alexander's vanquished successors. Alexander's legacy enters Rome itself, igniting in Romans the desire to subject the world to sole preeminence. According to Machiavelli, Caesar imitated Alexander, and Caesar overturned the republic, initiating the rule of one in Rome. Caesar had his own Roman successors, the emperors who ruled under his name. Rome succeeded in imposing the rule of one on Europe. That form of rule exists in Machiavelli's times with the states of the Turk and the Sultan as well as with the papacy in a limited respect. Something of the old Rome and its Alexandrian aspirations persists in Christian Rome
Ancient history · CONQUEST · Successor cardinal · The Republic · Theology · Byzantine Studies and History · Classics · History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 2 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |