Research Case: Why Does Political Agitation Easily Connect with Personal Ambition and Power Struggle while Pretending to Defend Freedom?

A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 2 1. Question Why does political agitation easily connect with personal ambition and power struggle while pretending to defend freedom? In Livy’s History of Rome, Book 2, Rome expels the kings and begins to form the Republic. In early Republican Rome, “freedom” was one of … Read more

Research Case: Why Must a State Watch Internal Dissatisfied Groups before External Enemies?

A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 2 1. Question Why must a state watch internal dissatisfied groups, supporters of the old regime, and people who lost privileges before it watches external enemies? In Livy’s History of Rome, Book 2, Rome expels the kings and begins to form the Republic. At the … Read more