A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Research Question Why was the strength of the Roman army connected not only to military technique, but also to governing order? This question examines the decline and recovery of the Roman army’s fighting spirit in Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, Book … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Research Question Why did the soldiers fight for free Rome, not for the state as a form? This question examines a key point in Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, Book 3. Under the tyranny of the decemvirate, the Roman army lost … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Research Question Why did the soldiers lose their will to fight under the command of the decemvirs? This question examines why the tyranny of the decemvirate appeared as a decline in the fighting spirit of the Roman army in Livy’s History of Rome … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 ting spirit. After the decemvirs resigned, the tribunes were restored, the right of appeal returned, plebeian resolutions were strengthened, and further revenge was restrained. Then the Roman army recovered its ability to fight. This change cannot be explained only by military technique. This article … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Research Question Is it good or bad when the Senate, as the approval function of the state, is pressured by the number of the people? This question examines a critical scene in Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, Book 3. After the … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Research Question Why did it become a major legal issue whether plebeian resolutions could bind patricians? This question examines the meaning of plebeian resolutions in Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, Book 3. After the fall of the decemvirate, Rome strengthened three … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Research Question Why did the Valerio-Horatian Laws become the institutional foundation for the recovery of liberty? This question examines the meaning of the Valerio-Horatian Laws in Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, Book 3. After the fall of the decemvirate, Rome did … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Research Question Why did the Senate accept the resignation of the decemvirs and the election of the tribunes of the plebs? This question examines a critical moment in Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, Book 3. At first, the decemvirate was created … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 2 1. Question Why did the institutionalized rights of the plebeians become political vested rights that the ruling class could not easily take back? Livy’s History of Rome, Book II describes how the conflict between patricians and plebeians deepened in the early Roman Republic. The … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 2 1. Question Why was the Tribune of the Plebs needed as a device to connect plebeian discontent not to rebellion outside the state, but to institutional negotiation inside the state? Livy’s History of Rome, Book II describes how the conflict between patricians and plebeians … Read more
