Which text structure does Machiavelli use in this
passage:
Which idea from the text best illustrates this structu
etans held Athens and Thebes, establishing there
chy: nevertheless they lost them. The Romans, in
hold Capua, Carthage, and Numantia,
ed them, and did not lose them. They wished to
ece as the Spartans held it, making it free and
ng its laws, and did not succeed.
-The Prince,
Niccolò Machiavelli
How does this text structure help the author conve
central idea?