Oliverotto of fermo machiavelli biography

Euffreducci was born in Fermo. In , the two were fighting for the Florentines against Pisa, but both were accused of treason by Florence. Vitelli was summarily put to death while Oliverotto was spared due to the intervention of the government of Fermo.

Oliverotto Euffreducci, known as Oliverotto of Fermo (, in Fermo – 31 December , in Senigallia), was an Italian condottiero and lord of Fermo.

He then united with Vitellozzo Vitelli, Paolo"s brother, and both went into the service of Cesare Borgia. As his ambition grew, Oliverotto wanted to seize Fermo for himself. As Machiavelli put it: Number sooner were they seated than soldiers issued from secret places and slaughtered Giovanni and the rest. Then, Oliverotto laid siege to the palace of the governing council, and, having scared them all, set up a government in the form of a dictatorship.

Later, he made himself a formidable ruler to all of his neighboring states. Although Oliverotto was against Paolo Orsini"s line of reconciliation with Cesare Borgia, he nonetheless took Senigallia in Cesare"s name.

In his famous book, The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli tells the story of Oliverotto of Fermo, a coup plotter who ought to repulse society and men.

But this didn"t change Borgia"s secret design, and the Duke had him arrested and strangled, together with Vitellozzo Vitelli, on 31 December As with Agathocles of Greece, he is immortalised in Machiavelli"s The Prince as one of the leaders who gained power via criminal means. He is portrayed as a violent and cunning character.

He was sent to serve as a soldier under the condottiero Paolo Vitelli in order to win high command. Back to Profile. Photos Works. Main Photo Add photo. School period Add photo.