Terentilian Proposal

Research Case: Why Did the Patricians Become Polite toward the Plebeians after the Case of Kaeso?

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A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Research Question Why did the patricians become polite toward the plebeians after the case of Kaeso? This question examines why young patricians in Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, Book 3, stopped using open violence against the plebeians and began to approach … Read more

Research Case: Why did the tribunes see the absence of both consuls as an opportunity for action?

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A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Question Why did the tribunes see the absence of both consuls as an opportunity for action? This question examines the institutional conflict between the tribunes and the consuls in the first half of Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, Book 3. At … Read more