spartaine

Updated: June 8, 2025

There maie be also used meanes, that maie make thy men to esteme little the enemie, as Agesilao a Spartaine used, whom shewed to his souldiours, certain Persians naked, to the intent that seyng their delicate members, thei should not have cause to feare them.

Niccolò Machiavelli - Machiavelli, Volume I