A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Question Why could the Roman OS repair itself after the tyranny of the Decemvirate? This question examines the whole structure of Livy’s Book 3. Rome created the Decemvirate in order to write down the laws. However, this reform institution became tyrannical under the … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 However, after tyranny was overthrown, another danger remained. The injured side could expand punishment without limit in the name of justice. The injured side could treat the enemy not through individual responsibility, but as a collective enemy. The injured side could lose the end … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Question Why were ten legion commanders elected when Verginius raised the standard of revolt? This question examines why the rebellion after the Verginia incident did not end as a simple riot or revenge, but was connected to the redesign of the Roman republican … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Question Why did Verginius’ action trigger the rebellion of the army and the plebeians? This question examines why the Verginia incident did not remain a private tragedy, but expanded into a political crisis for all Rome. Verginius killed his daughter Verginia in order … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Question Why did Verginius try to protect freedom by killing his daughter? This is one of the most difficult questions in Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, Book 3. A father killed his daughter. This act cannot be praised from a modern … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Question Why did a free citizen face the danger of being enslaved by the judgment of a powerful official? This question examines the institutional meaning of the Verginia incident in Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, Book 3. The issue in the … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Question Why did justice become a device that legalized Appius’ private desire? This question examines the institutional meaning of the Verginia incident in the latter part of Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, Book 3. In the Verginia incident, law and courts … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Question Why was the Verginia incident not merely a private crime, but a sign of the collapse of the governing OS? This question examines the core meaning of the latter part of Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, Book 3. At first … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Question Why could tribunician power become an obstacle to state crisis response, even though it was a device for protecting the plebeians? This question examines the two sided nature of tribunician power in Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, Book 3. Tribunician … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Question Why was Roman freedom protected by the right of appeal and tribunician power? This question concerns the institutional conclusion of Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, Book 3. In the Roman Republic, freedom did not mean a condition without power. Rome … Read more
