Research Case: Why Is the Role of the Senate Not to Obey the King, but to Sustain the Continuity of Kingship and Manage Its Rupture?

A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 1 1. Question Why is the role of the Senate not to obey the king, but to sustain the continuity of kingship and manage rupture? 2. Abstract The role of the Senate is not to obey the king, but to sustain the continuity of kingship … Read more

Research Case: Why Did Even a Founding State Need Not Only the Power of the King, but Also an Upper-Level Approval Mechanism?

A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 1 1. Question Why did even a founding state need not only the power of the king, but also an upper-level approval mechanism that complemented it? 2. Abstract Even a founding state needed not only the power of the king, but also an upper-level approval … Read more

Research Case: Why must the founding stage secure the minimum conditions of command, population, and legitimacy before pursuing institutional completeness?

A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 1 1. Question Why must the founding stage secure the minimum conditions of command, population, and legitimacy before pursuing institutional completeness? 2. Abstract In the founding stage, the minimum conditions of command, population, and legitimacy must be secured before institutional completeness, because institutions function only … Read more

Research Case: Why is the role of a founder not to preserve order first, but to bring order into being?

A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 1 1. Question Why is the role of a founder not to preserve order first, but to bring order into being? 2. Abstract The role of a founder is not first to preserve order, but to bring order into being, because at the founding stage … Read more

Research Case: Why does a founding state become strong not only through bloodline legitimacy, but through a structure that incorporates outsiders?

A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 1 1. Question Why does a founding state become strong not only through bloodline legitimacy, but through a structure that incorporates outsiders? 2. Abstract A founding state becomes strong not only through bloodline legitimacy, but through a structure that incorporates outsiders, because the highest priority … Read more

Research Case: Why must a founding community prioritize population growth and integration capacity over purity?

A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 1 1. Question Why must a founding community prioritize population growth and integration capacity over purity? 2. Abstract A founding community must prioritize population growth and integration capacity over purity, such as bloodline purity or origin-based purity, because the first task of a founding state … Read more