Machiavelli Thesis

I will begin talking about what I propose to discuss in my dissertation. Firstly the title includes two main components; who influenced Machiavelli and the second part includes who he himself influenced through his writings and actions of war and violence.
I have done numerous accounts of research, most importantly by reading the art of war written by Machiavelli. This book consists of answering the first question of who influenced him.
Throughout the book, there are many examples which show who he was influenced by, particularly the Ancient Romans, like Caesar and Alexander the Great, with which I will discuss numerous examples of what they themselves did in the past and which Machiavelli talks about which shows how it influences Machiavelli,
Machiavelli was influenced by these authors and leaders and developed from them when introducing his own type of leadership in Florence. It is always important to know where a person got his or her ideas from, which Machiavelli incorporates into his own system in Florence, by developing his own ideas as a leader.
I will go through numerous examples of these ancient authors and leaders, which I have mentioned at the start and discuss each of them in relation to who exactly influenced Niccolo Machiavelli.
In relation to the second part of this thesis on Machiavelli, I will discuss who he influenced, such as authors, like Pocock, Skinner, Baron, Lynch, along with more like Guicciardini (whom describes all about Machiavelli’s civic malicia and what he did in Florence which is the issue which influences these authors and describe their interpretations of Machiavelli), and I will show in my thesis whether these were positive or negative. I am currently reading Lynch’s book on Machiavelli, where he sums up Machiavelli’s art of war. His overall impression is that of a positive one, which I will examine along with the other authors. I will try and compare and contrast these authors’ interpretations and see what conclusions of thought they come up