Research Case: Why Did the System of Military Tribunes with Consular Power Not Immediately Produce Real Transfer of Power, Even Though It Was a Compromise for Opening Public Office?

A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 4 1. Question Why did the system of military tribunes with consular power not immediately produce real transfer of power, even though it was a compromise for opening public office? In Book 4 of Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, the common people demand … Read more

Research Case: Why Did Class Boundary, Intermarriage, and Religious Legitimacy Become the Question of Who Could Participate in the Roman OS?

A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 4 1. Question Why did class boundary, intermarriage, and religious legitimacy become the question of who could participate in the Roman OS? At the beginning of Book 4 of Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, Rome faces a conflict over intermarriage between nobles and … Read more