# Oliverotto da Fermo — The Prince character guide

> Oliverotto da Fermo in The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Oliverotto

**First appearance:** 0014-viii-concerning-those-who-have-obtained-a-principality-by-wickedness

## Who they are

Ruthless mercenary who seized Fermo by murdering his uncle.

## Relationships

### [Giovanni Bentivogli](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_se/characters/giovanni_bentivogli)

_rivalry_

Oliverotto murdered Giovanni Bentivogli's relatives and seized power in a violent coup.

### [Agathocles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_se/characters/agathocles)

_psychological_

Agathocles is used as a historical parallel to Oliverotto, both being examples of gaining power through crime and cruelty.

## In the story

### [VIII: Concerning Those Who Have Obtained a Principality by Wickedness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_se/chapters/viii-concerning-those-who-have-obtained-a-principality-by-wickedness)

A modern example who seized Fermo by treachery, murdering his uncle Giovanni Fogliani and other leaders at a banquet.

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