Overview
Libertas meant freedom from domination and arbitrary rule, not modern democratic equality. It was the Roman language of political independence, civic standing, and resistance to kingship.
Importance
Libertas was invoked against Caesar, but the term had already been strained by oligarchic privilege, violence, and constitutional manipulation.
In the Livarva Trilogy
The Final Virtue and The First Breach both examine whether the defenders of libertas still possessed the political means to preserve it.
This first atlas entry is drafted from the Livarva manuscripts and will be expanded with exact chapter and source references in a later version.