Friends of Antiquity Adrian Heyworth-Smith Memorial Lecture: Machiavelli and Rome
Join UQ’s Friends of Antiquity for the Adrian Heyworth-Smith Memorial lecture, ‘Machiavelli and Rome’.
Exiled to the hills outside Florence, with Giotto’s campanile and Brunelleschi’s dome lingering in his thoughts, Niccolò Machiavelli found his mind drawn not to his beloved city, but to ancient Rome. Why would a Florentine deeply committed to Florence turn so insistently to Rome for inspiration?
Join Professor Richard Devetak as he takes us back to Renaissance Italy and the flourishing humanist culture of Machiavelli’s world to explore that question. By tracing Machiavelli’s engagement with classical Roman writers, from Lucretius and Sallust to Cicero and Livy and examining how he used Rome as empire, republic and Church, we will see how Rome became both his mirror and his weapon.
Event Details
Date: Sunday 1 February 2026
Time: 1:45pm for 2–3:15pm, followed by afternoon tea
Location: Room E302, Forgan Smith Building, UQ St Lucia
Cost: $10 per person
Registrations open soon for this event.
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