At first loyal to King Louis XVI, he protected his family. Finally rallied to Napoleon, he played an important role on 18 Brumaire. Napoleon employed him above all in the rear of his army, where he made use of his experience with the infantry and his quality as a leader of men. It should be noted th
Named after a noble but enslaved mother (servus ) of Tanaquil, wife of King Tarquin the Elder, Servius Tullius was the sixth king of Rome. According to the legend told by Livy, flames haloed the head of the child sleeping in his cradle. From then on, Tanaquil persuaded her husband to raise the slave
Nicholas Machiavelli (1469-1527) was an Italian Renaissance politician and writer, known for his political work titled The Prince . He is associated today with the pejorative adjective taken from his name, “Machiavellian”, and his work reduced to a manual of manipulation and political cynicism stil
Elder son of Clovis and a Rhineland princess (Ripuaire), Thierry took part in the battle of Vouillé and the fight against the Visigoths. He inherited the kingdom of Reims on the death of his father in 511, the territory most exposed to foreign threats. His son Theodebert I inherited his kingdom whic