A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Question Why did the Verginia incident show that the privatization of justice destroys the governing OS? The Verginia incident in Livy’s Book 3 is not merely a personal crime. It is an event in which the judicial circuit of the state was cut … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Question Why does law protect liberty, yet become a device that takes liberty away when power is not controlled? In Livy’s Book 3, the plebeians demand a written law to limit consular command. This demand was made to protect liberty. If there is … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Research Question Why could the anger of the plebeians not be restrained when powerful patricians joined together and acted unjustly? This question examines the collapse of trust in Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, Book 3. The main issue is the process … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Research Question Why did the plebeians see the patricians as enemies? This question examines why the plebeians in Livy’s History of Rome from its Foundation, Book 3, came to hold strong distrust and hostility toward the patricians. The reason was not simple class … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Question Why did written law not guarantee stable rule? This question is not only about why the Twelve Tables alone did not stabilize Rome. The deeper question is this: Even after written law was created as external control, or IC, why did the … Read more
A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) of Livy, History of Rome, Book 3 1. Question Why did Rome almost lose its freedom through the Decemvirs, who were created to write down the law, and yet manage to repair itself? This question is not only about why the Decemvirs failed. The deeper question is this: Why did an … Read more
