The story of Machiavelli
Machiavelli states that a prince who occupies his own country should dominate all the neighboring countries and weaken the stronger countries in order stay in rule of their current state by making sure no other countries try to invade their country and weaker countries will naturally follow the stronger countries. Once the prince conquers all the countries he must make sure to govern them like he governs his own states. Also, a prince's job is to solve all conflicts before it increases and gets out of hand. These were the same tactics that the Romans used and this influenced Machiavelli to use the same methods..."In the provinces they took over, the Romans followed these politics: they sent in colonies, kept the less powerful occupied without increasing their strength, put down the powerful, and did not allow powerful foreigners to acquire a reputation there (Machiavelli 9)". So Machiavelli's goal...