# Lorenzo de' Medici — Discourses on Livy character guide

> Lorenzo de' Medici in Discourses on Livy by Niccolò Machiavelli.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Medici, Lorenzo

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

Florentine ruler targeted in the Pazzi conspiracy.

## In the story

### [LVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/lvi)

Before his death, the cathedral pinnacle was struck by lightning.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/vi)

Referenced in the context of a conspiracy where an assassin's exclamation saved his life.

### [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/xxix)

Quoted for the line about a prince's acts being imitated by his people.

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