# M. de Foix — Discourses on Livy character guide

> M. de Foix in Discourses on Livy by Niccolò Machiavelli.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** de Foix

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

French commander who fought in Italy during the Italian Wars.

## In the story

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/xvi)

French commander slain at the Battle of Ravenna, used as an example of modern faulty battle formation.

### [Chapter XVII: What importance the armies of the present day should allow to artillery; and whether the commonly received opinion concerning it be just.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/xvii)

Cited as an example of a commander who successfully stormed Brescia despite heavy artillery fire, demonstrating that artillery does not prevent determined assault.

### [XLIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/xliv)

Employed urgency to gain passage through Mantua to retake Brescia.

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