Research Case: Why Did People Obey Cincinnatus When He Was Appointed Dictator?
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Question Why did people obey Cincinnatus when he was appointed dictator? The dictator was an emergency authority in the Roman Republic. Under the normal republican operating system, several institutions limited and balanced power. These included the consuls, the Senate, the tribunes, the assemblies, … Read more