Dictatorship

Research Case: Why did the boundaries between law, violence, custom, and emergency power keep shifting in early Republican Rome?

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A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 4 1. Question Why did the boundaries between law, violence, custom, and emergency power keep shifting in early Republican Rome? The Roman Republic shown in Book 4 of Livy is not a finished constitutional state.It is an unfinished operating system that survives by adding institutions, … Read more

Research Case: Why Was Anti-Kingship Ideology Both a Device That Protected Liberty and a Danger That Could Justify Excessive Elimination?

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A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 4 1. Question Why was anti-kingship ideology both a device that protected liberty and a danger that could justify excessive elimination? The Roman Republic in Book 4 of Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation is often understood as a free state that emerged after … Read more

Research Case: Why Did the System of Multiple Commanders, Though Republican in Its Distribution of Power, Produce Inconsistent Orders on the Battlefield?

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A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 4 1. Question Why did the system of multiple commanders, though republican in its distribution of power, produce inconsistent orders on the battlefield? In Book 4 of Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, the Roman Republic places high value on institutional design that prevents … Read more

Research Case: Why Was the Emergency Dictatorship Both a Temporary Kernel That Saved the State and a Dangerous Device That Carried the Risk of Kingship?

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A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 4 1. Question Why was the emergency dictatorship both a temporary kernel that saved the state and a dangerous device that carried the risk of kingship? The Roman Republic in Book 4 of Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation is not a simple state … Read more