Tribunes

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

Research Case: Why Is It More Stable to Bring Public Dissatisfaction Back into Order through Persuasion Concession and Institutionalization than through Forceful Suppression?

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A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 2 1. Question Why is it more stable to bring public dissatisfaction back into order through persuasion, concession, and institutionalization than through forceful suppression? In Livy’s History of Rome, Book 2, the conflict between the patricians and the plebeians deepens in early Republican Rome. The … Read more