# Pagolo Vitelli — The Prince character guide

> Pagolo Vitelli in The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Pagolo Vitelli, Pagolo, Vitelli

**First appearance:** 0018-xii-how-many-kinds-of-soldiery-there-are-and-concerning-mercenaries

## Who they are

Mercenary captain executed by Florence for suspected betrayal.

## 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)

Oliverotto's early military commander under whom he trained.

### [XII: How Many Kinds of Soldiery There Are, and Concerning Mercenaries](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_se/chapters/xii-how-many-kinds-of-soldiery-there-are-and-concerning-mercenaries)

Cited as a prudent mercenary captain hired by the Florentines; if he had taken Pisa, the Florentines would have had to obey him or face his enmity.

### [XX: Are Fortresses, and Many Other Things to Which Princes Often Resort, Advantageous or Hurtful?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_se/chapters/xx-are-fortresses-and-many-other-things-to-which-princes-often-resort-advantageous-or-hurtful)

Messer Niccolò Vitelli demolished two fortresses in Citta di Castello to keep that state, showing a case against fortresses.

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