Mercenary

The kings of Spain brought us the conquistadores and masters, whose footprints remained in the circular land grants assigned to those searching for gold in the sands of rivers, an abusive and shameful form of exploitation, traces of which can be noted from the air in many places around the country. Tourism today, in large part, consists of viewing the delights of our landscapes and tasting exquisite delicacies from our seas, and is always shared with the private capital of large foreign…

was defended by an Imperialist garrison under the command of Don Antonio de Leyva. Their plan was to secure the town before embarking on the campaign to re conquer Naples. Having received the much-wanted reinforcements which included 6,000 Swiss mercenaries from the Grisons, 2,000 from the Valais, plus the support of Giovanni dei Medici also known as Giovanni dalle Bande Nere". Francis rapidly ordered a third of his force south commanded by John Stuart, duke of Albany to march toward Rome with…

Individual corruption, when occurring within corrections, nearly always results in institutional corruption, which is defined as the undermining of the purposes of an institution over time (Satz, 2013). The primary difference between individual corruption and institutional corruption is that institutional corruption does not necessarily “involve quid pro quo exchanges” as individual corruption requires (Satz, 2013, p. 997). Also, it cannot be obtained in a single incident like individual…

he sought adventure. So, he ran away to become a sailor at thirteen. His parents stopped him, however, and shipped him off to become a merchant boy. John quit at age sixteen, shortly after his father died, and his mother re-married. He became a mercenary, and became a good soldier. When the war he was fighting in ended, he didn’t take a break. He went out and learned from a French man. He learned new things, and eventually became a pirate. After his pirate years, he went back to being a soldier,…

A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner In William Faulkner’s short story “A Rose for Emily,” he builds up terror and suspense to the end where he then reveals that the protagonist, Emily, poisoned her lover and had been sleeping and cuddling his corpse for more than forty years. What Faulkner has illustrated here is called necrophilia, which is the erotic attraction to corpses. This here is an example of the gothic genre, which is a combination of horror and romance. In the story, the…

pay close attention to military affairs if he desires to continue ruling. The most dangerous and unreliable are mercenaries/hired soldiers, and auxiliaries whose troops are advanced to you by other rulers. The most desirable kind of army is the native troops who are collected of one's own citizens. The less desirable army would be a combination of mixed troops, native troops and mercenaries or auxiliaries. Machiavelli recommends the following character and behavior for princes: It is better to…

In The Prince, Machiavelli talks about the need for a strong ruler in order to establish a strong state, and to do whatever necessary to maintain said strong state, regardless of morals. In the given excerpt, Machiavelli discusses the flaws in mercenary armies, the necessity of rulers to be knowledgeable in military activities, the practicality of being hated rather…

prepared. If the military hadn’t become brash and overconfident in themselves because of their latest victories, not as many soldiers would have been killed. The military eventually was forced to hire mercenaries as a result of the plagues that had taken over the empire. One can speculate that these mercenaries, without a direct stake in the cause of the empire, were less effective than Roman born soldiers. With a weakened military force, it was only a matter of time before surrounding powers…

however Rome had better organization when it came to its government and perhaps, this is a reflection of the victories throughout the Punic Wars over Carthage. With a structured government, came a mighty and efficient army. However, unlike the hired mercenaries of the Carthage naval fleet, the Romans trained their own citizens to fight and when necessary any male citizens between the ages of 17-45 were required to serve within the army (Morey, 1901). Through experienced citizens and an amazing…

Theseus and John Smith In The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives, Plutarch writes about nine of the most influential men of the long and remarkable history of ancient Greece, and then compares them to similar men from ancient Rome. One of Plutarch’s chosen Greeks, Theseus founded Athens and set it on the path to the democracy that it eventually became, while embarking on daring journeys and strange adventures along the way. Although separated by thousands…