The Conspiracy of Gianluigi Fieschi, or, Genoa in the 16th century

The Conspiracy of Gianluigi Fieschi, or, Genoa in the sixteenth century.

CATILINE AND FIESCHI COMPARED.CATILINES AIMS OF A GENEROUS CHARACTER.FIESCHI SOUGHT TO FREE HIS COUNTRY FROM THE SPANISH YOKE.HISTORY UNJUST TO THE VANQUISHED.SOURCES OF THIS HISTORY.MATERIALS FOR THE FUTURE HISTORIAN OF ITALY. It would be difficult to find in the history of the sixteenth century a name more fiercely assailed than that of Gianluigi Fieschi. From Bonfadio down to the most recent historians, the Count of Lavagna has received the same treatment at the hands of our writers which the learned vulgar are accustomed to give to Catiline. This levity of judgment is a new proof that history is too high a pursuit for servile minds. The classic invectives of Cicero and the glittering falsehoods of Sallust, both written with masterly eloquence, and their echo taken up by inferior writers have disfigured the manly form of Sergius, and his cause, supported by the most generous and cultivated Romans, has come down to us described as the base plot of abandoned men. Catiline could not have been base. He was illustrious by birth, well-known for his talents and powerful on account of his numerous dependants and friends. He stood on the last round of the ladder leading to the consulship and was supported by knights and senators;[xviii] by Antonius Geta, Lentulus, Cethegus and even by Csar who was no stranger to the conspiracy. Crassus favoured him, though he afterwards turned informer against the conspirators. Entire colonies and Municipalities supported him. In upper Spain, Gneus Piso, in Mauritania, Publius Sittius Nucerinus and the legions were his partisans; in fine, he was the head of all the reformers of Italy and Gaul. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 50656
Author: Celesia, Emanuele
Release Date: Dec 9, 2015
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Translator: Wheeler, David H.