# Il Carmagnola — Discourses on Livy character guide

> Il Carmagnola in Discourses on Livy by Niccolò Machiavelli.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Carmagnola

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

Italian condottiero who was executed by the Venetians for suspected treachery.

## In the story

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/xviii)

Described as a wise captain who, after initial failure against Swiss infantry, made his men-at-arms dismount and defeated the Swiss.

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