Research Case: Is It Good or Bad When the Senate, as the Approval Function of the State, Is Pressured by the Number of the People?

A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Research Question Is it good or bad when the Senate, as the approval function of the state, is pressured by the number of the people? This question examines a critical scene in Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, Book 3. After the … Read more

Research Case: Why Did the Binding Force of Plebeian Resolutions on Patricians Become a Major Legal Issue?

A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Research Question Why did it become a major legal issue whether plebeian resolutions could bind patricians? This question examines the meaning of plebeian resolutions in Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, Book 3. After the fall of the decemvirate, Rome strengthened three … Read more

Research Case: Why Did the Valerio-Horatian Laws Become the Institutional Foundation for the Recovery of Liberty?

A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Research Question Why did the Valerio-Horatian Laws become the institutional foundation for the recovery of liberty? This question examines the meaning of the Valerio-Horatian Laws in Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, Book 3. After the fall of the decemvirate, Rome did … Read more