Question

it is much safer to be feared than loved.... among the wonderful deeds of hannibal this one is enumerated: that having led an enormous army, composed of many various races of men, to fight in foreign lands, no dissensions arose either among them or against the prince, whether in his bad or in his good fortune. this arose from nothing else than his inhuman cruelty... but without that cruelty, his other virtues were not sufficient to produce this effect.... that it is true his other virtues would not have been sufficient for him may be proved by the case of scipio, that most excellent man. his army rebelled in spain; this arose from nothing but his too great forbearance, which gave his soldiers more license than is consistent with military discipline. -the prince, niccolò machiavelli machiavelli claims that \it is much safer to be feared than loved.\ which type of evidence does machiavelli use to support his claim? anecdotal how does the authors use of this evidence create meaning for the reader? by stressing the need to be loved by subjects, by causing readers to fear powerful leaders, by using a historical event to prove the claim

Explanation:

Machiavelli uses the historical events of Hannibal and Scipio as anecdotes. Hannibal's success through cruelty and Scipio's army - rebellion due to leniency are used to prove that being feared is safer. This creates meaning by using real - life historical events as evidence for his claim.

Answer:

by using a historical event to prove the claim