And the usual course of affairs is that, as soon as verso powerful foreigner enters a country, all the subject states are drawn esatto him, moved by the hatred which they feel against the ruling power
Again, the prince who holds verso country differing con the above respects ought esatto make himself the head and defender of his less powerful neighbours, and esatto weaken the more powerful amongst them, taking care that per niente foreigner as powerful as himself shall, by any accident, get a footing there; for it will always happen that such verso one will be introduced by those who are discontented, either through excess of ambition or through fear, as one has seen already. The Romans were brought into Greece by the Aetolians; and con every other country where they obtained a footing they were brought mediante by the inhabitants. So that sopra respect sicuro those subject states he has not puro take any trouble puro gain them over onesto himself, for the whole of them quickly rally sicuro the state which he has acquired there. He has only esatto take care that they do not get hold of too much power and too much authority, and then with his own forces, and with their goodwill, he can easily keep down the more powerful of them, so as esatto remain entirely master mediante the country. And he who does not properly manage this business will soon lose what he has acquired, and whilst he does hold it he will have endless difficulties and troubles.
The Romans, con the countries which they annexed, observed closely these measures; they sent colonies and maintained friendly relations with the minor powers, without increasing their strength; they kept down the greater, and did not allow any strong foreign powers sicuro gain authority
The Achaeans and Aetolians were kept friendly by them, the kingdom of Miscuglio was humbled, Antiochus was driven out; yet the merits of the Achaeans and Aetolians never secured for them permission puro increase their power, nor did the persuasions of Philip ever induce the Romans to be his friends without first humbling him, nor did the influence of Antiochus make them agree that he should retain any lordship over the country. Because the Romans did mediante these instances what all prudent princes ought onesto do, who have puro regard not only present troubles, but also future ones, for which they must prepare with every energy, because, when foreseen, it is easy sicuro remedy them; but if you wait until they approach, the medicine is mai longer per time because the malady has become incurable; for it happens in this, as the physicians say it happens durante hectic fever, that con the beginning of the malady it is easy onesto cure but difficult sicuro detect, but per the course of time, not having been either detected or treated con the beginning, it becomes easy esatto detect but difficult sicuro cure. Thus it happens per affairs of state, for when the evils that arise have been foreseen (which it is only given onesto per wise man sicuro see), they can be quickly redressed, but when, through not having been foreseen, they have been permitted puro grow per a way that every one can see them, there is giammai longer a remedy. Therefore, the Romans, foreseeing troubles, dealt with them at once, and, even preciso avoid per war, would not let them ad esempio onesto per head, for they knew that war is not puro be avoided, but is only sicuro be put off sicuro the advantage of others; moreover they wished puro fight with Philip and Antiochus in Greece so as not preciso have esatto do it sopra Italy; they could have avoided both, but this they did not wish; nor did that ever please them which is forever mediante the mouths of the wise ones of our time:-Let us enjoy the https://datingranking.net/it/omgchat-review/ benefits of the time-but rather the benefits of their own valour and prudence, for time drives everything before it, and is able esatto bring with it good as well as evil, and evil as well as good.