The Prince · Character

Agathocles

Agathocles is a character in The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli.

minor

Also known as Agathocles, Agathocles the Sicilian

First appearance: 0014-viii-concerning-those-who-have-obtained-a-principality-by-wickedness

Sicilian tyrant who rose from low birth to kingship through crime.