Which text structure does Machiavelli use in this passage?
Which idea from the text best illustrates this structure?
held Athens and Thebes, establishing there
nevertheless they lost them. The Romans, in
Capua, Carthage, and Numantia,
hem, and did not lose them. They wished to
as the Spartans held it, making it free and
s laws, and did not succeed.
-- The Prince,
Niccolò Machiavelli
How does this text structure help the author convey his
central idea?