Read this passage from chapter 5 of The Prince

There are, for example, the Spartans and the

Romans. The Spartans held Athens and Thebes,

establishing there an oligarchy: nevertheless they lost

hem. The Romans, in order to hold Capua, Carthage,

and Numantia, dismantled them, and did not lose

hem. They wished to hold Greece as the Spartans

meld it, making it free and permitting its laws, and did

mot succeed. So to hold it they were compelled to

dismantle many cities in the country, for in truth there

s no safe way to retain them otherwise than by

uining them. And he who becomes master of a city

■ccustomed to freedom and does not destroy it, may

expect to be destroyed by it, for in rebellion it has

always the watchword of liberty and its ancient

rivileges as a rallying point, which neither time nor

enefits will ever cause it to forget. And whatever you

mav do or provide against. thev never forget that

What is Machiavelli's secondary purpose in writin

passage?

Oto inform readers about the history of Rome

Sparta and how they built their empires

Oto inform readers about the tactics Sparta and

Rome used to hold cities and their effectivenes

Oto persuade readers that a conquering prince

destroy a former republic if he hopes to hold it

to persule readers that a republic will remem

freedom and someday rebel against a conquer