Athenian Law

Research Case: What did Rome try to learn from foreign law?

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A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Question What did Rome try to learn from foreign law? This question is not limited to identifying which legal rules Rome brought back from Athens. Early Republican Rome already had law and social order. Custom, precedent, religious rules, decisions of the Senate, and … Read more

Research Case: Why did Rome send a delegation to Athens to investigate its laws?

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A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Question Why did Rome send a delegation to Athens to investigate its laws? This question cannot be answered simply by saying that Rome wanted to import the advanced laws of Athens. In the early Roman Republic, law and public authority still depended heavily … Read more