| Machiavelli was also the author of the biography Vita di Castruccio Castracani, a number of poems, and several plays, of which the best known is Mandragola. Many of his writings anticipated the growth in succeeding periods of strong nationalistic states. Machiavellianism, as a term, has been used to describe the principles of power politics, and the type of person who uses those principles in political or personal life is frequently described as a Machiavellian. |