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Discourses Oxford World's Classics (Bondanella) — BOOK2
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CHAPTER 1 — What Was the Main Reason for the Empire the Romans Acquired, Ability or Fortune? * (.md)
CHAPTER 2 — What Kinds of Peoples the Romans Had to Fight, and How Stubbornly These Peoples Defended Their Liberty (.md)
CHAPTER 3 — Rome Became a Great City by Destroying the Surrounding Cities and by Freely Receiving Foreigners into Its Ranks (.md)
CHAPTER 4 — Republics Have Employed Three Methods of Expansion (.md)
CHAPTER 9 — The Causes that Commonly Provoke Wars Among the Powerful (.md)
CHAPTER 5 — How the Changes in Religious Sects and Languages, Along With Such Occurrences as Floods and Plagues, Erase the Memory of Things (.md)
CHAPTER 6 — How the Romans Proceeded in Waging War (.md)
CHAPTER 7 — How Much Land the Romans Gave to Their Colonists (.md)
CHAPTER 8 — The Reason Why Peoples Leave Their Homelands and Overrun the Lands of Others (.md)
CHAPTER 10 — Wealth Is Not, Contrary to Popular Opinion, the Sinew of Warfare (.md)
CHAPTER 11 — It Is Not a Prudent Policy to Form a Relationship With a Prince Who Has More Prestige Than Power (.md)
CHAPTER 12 — Whether It Is Preferable, Fearing an Assault, to Start a War or to Await Its Outbreak (.md)
CHAPTER 13 — That One Moves from Humble to Great Fortune More Often Through Fraud Than Through Force (.md)
CHAPTER 14 — Men Often Deceive Themselves, in the Belief that They Will Conquer Pride With Humility (.md)
CHAPTER 19 — Conquests Made by Republics Which Are Not Well Organized, and Which Do Not Proceed According to Roman Standards of Excellence, Bring About Their Ruin Rather Than Their Glorification (.md)
CHAPTER 15 — Weak States Are Always Ambiguous in Their Decisions; and Slow Decisions Are Always Harmful (.md)
CHAPTER 16 — How Far the Soldiers of Our Times Have Strayed from Ancient Institutions (.md)
CHAPTER 17 — How Much Value Should Armies in the Present Day Place on Artillery; and If the Generally Held Opinion About Artillery Is True (.md)
CHAPTER 18 — Why One Should Hold the Infantry in Higher Regard Than the Cavalry, Based on the Authority of the Romans and the Example of the Ancient Militia (.md)
CHAPTER 20 — What Kind of Danger a Prince or a Republic Employing Auxiliary or Mercenary Soldiers Incurs (.md)
CHAPTER 21 — The First Praetor the Romans Sent Anywhere Was Sent to Capua, Four Hundred Years After They Had Begun to Wage War (.md)
CHAPTER 22 — How Often the Opinions of Men Are Mistaken in Their Judgements About Important Matters (.md)
CHAPTER 23 — To What Extent the Romans Avoided a Middle Course of Action in Passing Judgements on Subjects for Some Incident Requiring Such a Verdict (.md)
CHAPTER 24 — Fortresses Are Generally Much More Harmful Than Useful (.md)
CHAPTER 29 — Fortune Blinds Men’s Minds When She Does Not Wish Them to Oppose Her Plans (.md)
CHAPTER 25 — That It Is a Mistaken Policy to Attack a Divided City in Order to Occupy It as a Result of Its Disunity (.md)
CHAPTER 26 — Insults and Abuse Generate Hatred Against Those Who Employ Them, Without Profit (.md)
CHAPTER 27 — Victory Should Be Sufficient for Prudent Princes and Republics, for Most Often When It Does Not Suffice, They Lose (.md)
CHAPTER 28 — How Dangerous It Is for a Republic or a Prince Not to Avenge an Injury Committed Against the Public or Against a Private Individual (.md)
CHAPTER 30 — Truly Powerful Republics and Princes Do Not Buy Friendships With Money But, Rather, With Their Exceptional Skill and the Reputation of Their Forces (.md)
CHAPTER 31 — How Dangerous It Is to Believe Exiles (.md)
CHAPTER 32 — In How Many Ways the Romans Took Towns (.md)
CHAPTER 33 — How the Romans Gave the Commanders of Their Armies Full Discretionary Powers (.md)