# Alfonso del Mutolo — Discourses on Livy character guide

> Alfonso del Mutolo in Discourses on Livy by Niccolò Machiavelli.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Alfonso

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

Italian captain whose actions are cited as an example of military prudence.

## In the story

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/xii)

Mentioned as the son of King Ferrando who disregarded his father's advice, sent an army into Romagna, lost it, and with it his dominions.

### [XLVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/xlviii)

A Pisan citizen who feigned surrender to the Florentines during the siege of Pisa, leading them into a trap.

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