A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 4 1. Question Why did the veto of the tribune of the plebs become both a protection device for the common people and an input blocking device that could stop the state OS? In Book 4 of Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, the … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 4 1. Question Why did external threats become both a force that united Rome and a device that intensified internal political conflict? In Book 4 of Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, external threats appear again and again. Veii, Fidenae, the Volsci, the Aequi, … 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
