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auxiliary troops
foreign troops a prince uses to fight his own wars; often a ready-made unitcivil principate
a state in which a private citizen becomes prince by the choice of other citizenshereditary principate
a state in which the prince is simply descended from a line of rulers; power is handed from one family member to the nextmercenary troops
soldiers a prince hires to fight for him, often culled from a variety of placesprincipate/principality
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