The Prince · Character

Agathocles

Sicilian tyrant who rose from low birth to kingship through crime.

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Also known as Agathocles, Agathocles the Sicilian

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King of Syracuse who rose from a lowly potter's son to power through military prowess and a massacre of the senate and wealthy citizens.

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Oliverotto da Fermo
psychological · negative
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