Mercenary

throughout his princedom consisting of both good laws and good arms. Without the second, the first is rendered useless. Mercenaries are disloyal and divided; molding them into a single unit could prove impossible for a new prince. After the procuration of the new state, many mercenaries very well left in search of new work. Foreign auxiliaries could prove even more dangerous than mercenaries. As they are united under a different leader, a simple word from that man and all of your arms could…

novel also follows the story of the main character, Okonkwo, and his village of Umuofia. As the story progresses with minor tribulations and problems primarily caused by Okonkwo, the arrival of white mercenaries is the main conflict of the plot, due to the threat they pose to the Igbo culture. The mercenaries eventually even lead to the shocking death of Okonkwo, though indirectly. Not only is this not a happy ending, but it also shows the destroying of a culture and a darker side to…

military had many issues, but one of the most profound was that the military was very weak. A lot of this was caused by the mercenaries that were employed. Mercenaries are foreigners who are paid to be in the military. This was a good idea in theory for Rome, but what ended up happening was that there were more mercenaries in the military than actual Roman citizens. The mercenaries didn't really follow Rome, but instead they followed the money. They didn't exactly care about Rome, they just…

The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli was written as a gift to gain favor of Lorenzo de Medici, the de facto oligarchic ruler of the Florentine Republic and one of the most powerful persons of the Renaissance. Niccolò Machiavelli was a Renaissance historian, diplomat, philosopher, and writer. He witnessed the expulsion of the Medici family and the rise of Girolamo Savanorola, a Dominican religious zealot who controlled the region after. During this time, Italy became a landscape of political…

Carthage and Rome were two major powers but did not start this way. Carthage was a coastal city depending on its wealth. Rome depended on its people’s character. Before the Punic Wars, Rome was not seen as a major power in the Mediterranean. However, by the outbreak of the first Punic War, Rome had decent control over most of mainland Italy. Each individual community fell into a clearly defined category. The first Punic war was a fight over control of Sicily. During this time Rome had a strong…

into a desperate economic situation, and nationwide poverty. Many people were forced to emigrate, and the “most profitable job” was that of a mercenary soldier.(4) Some 15,000 men were eligible for mercenary enlistment, and in exchange the Confederation of Cantons granted them “corn, salt, or other commercial goods.”(4) During the summers the mercenaries would venture out into war. There they’d stand “tall and impenetrable” as a rampart of soldiers.(4) Following the summer wars they’d…

the separatists are offering the best pay, so for now I’ll kill for them. Under the payment is another letter, my next assignment… “Protection…?” I mumble, what? The leader of the separatists wants me to watch over their cabin house. They think a mercenary group has been hired to assassinate them. Well its good pay so I’ll do it, besides what’s the worst that could happen? Just have to protect three people for a few days, Modia Campbell, Sergius Campbell, and Fel…

One of the main takeaways from Professor Sasser’s lecture on customer care is the link between customer’s satisfaction and loyalty to profit. He discusses an example with MBNA, a credit card company associated with Maryland National Bank. The CEO was worried about his business because they were not growing profitably. They attracted customers, but the more they attracted, the more profit they lost. The CEO calculated the lifetime value of a customer and found that it was taking them five years…

In order to determine with a viewer would have had to read the 1998 Deadpool Annual. The 1998 comic provides readers with the story of how mercenary Wade Wilson became the hilariously insane Deadpool and opens with the titular character being punched by and unseen assailant off a shot cliff. The fall is enough to seemingly kill the sarcastic mercenary and sends him face to skull with Lady Death. While Deadpool approaches his skeleton lover with amorous intent the lady responds by sinking her…

specific types of armed forces and which should be employed by a ruler. Although the specific advice is firmly applicable to his specific point in time, similar to Clausewitz’s On War, the philosophical choices between mercenary and native forces are important. Machiavelli opposed mercenary forces because they are disloyal…