# Ambrogiuolo — The Decameron character guide

> Ambrogiuolo in The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio.

**Role:** major

**First appearance:** 0022-the-seventh-story

## Snapshot

A merchant whose boast that no wife is incorruptible sets a wager in motion that will test both a lady's honor and his own cunning.

## Who they are

Ambrogiuolo is the Decameron's archetypal slanderer: a man so confident in his own cleverness that he stakes his fortune on the claim that every woman can be seduced. His wager with Bernabò turns on a trick rather than a conquest, and the tale's tension lies in whether his lie will be exposed before it destroys an innocent marriage. He matters because his scheme forces the collection to ask what proof of virtue is even possible, and who gets to demand it.

## In the story

### [The Ninth Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_decameron_se/chapters/the-ninth-story)

The deceiver who wagers and lies about Bernabo's wife, later punished.

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