Governor appointed by Cesare Borgia to impose order on the Romagna through harsh methods — who was then cut in half and left in the public square of Cesena with a bloody knife beside him when Borgia wanted to demonstrate that the cruelty was the governor's, not the prince's.
Provides Machiavelli's example of using cruelty intelligently — Cesare appointed a cruel governor to impose order, then executed him publicly, so the population was grateful to the prince for punishing the man who had made them suffer — demonstrating that the prince can manipulate blame and gratitude as political instruments.
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