# Messer Giovanni Guicciardini — Discourses on Livy character guide

> Messer Giovanni Guicciardini in Discourses on Livy by Niccolò Machiavelli.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Messer Giovanni

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

Florentine diplomat and historian, contemporary of Machiavelli.

## In the story

### [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/viii)

Florentine commander at the siege of Lucca, falsely calumniated for bribery, unable to clear himself due to lack of impeachment laws.

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

Referenced as Messer Ciriaco del Borgo, the veteran leader of the Florentine foot, who commented on the disorder caused by friendly cavalry.

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