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. Question Why did Verginius try to protect freedom by killing his daughter? This is one of the most difficult questions in Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, Book 3. A father killed his daughter. This act cannot be praised from a modern … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Question Why did a free citizen face the danger of being enslaved by the judgment of a powerful official? This question examines the institutional meaning of the Verginia incident in Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, Book 3. The issue in the … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Question Why did justice become a device that legalized Appius’ private desire? This question examines the institutional meaning of the Verginia incident in the latter part of Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, Book 3. In the Verginia incident, law and courts … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Question Why was the Verginia incident not merely a private crime, but a sign of the collapse of the governing OS? This question examines the core meaning of the latter part of Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, Book 3. At first … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Question Why could Rome realize struggle through discussion inside institutions, instead of struggle through force? This question examines the institutional meaning of Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, Book 3. In the Roman Republic, the conflict between the patricians and the plebeians … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Question Why did the tribunes sometimes remain silent about problems on the plebeian side? This question examines the limits of tribunician power in Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, Book 3. The tribunate was an institution created to protect the plebeians. Against … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Question Why did the tribunes prioritize resistance against the patricians even during a state crisis? This question examines the institutional conflict between the tribunes and the patrician side in the first half of Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, Book 3. When … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Question Why did Fabius try to persuade the other tribunes instead of Terentilius himself? This question examines the political exchange between the patrician side and the tribunician side in the first half of Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, Book 3. Terentilius … Read more
