Republic

The institutions, language and moral habits of Rome’s political order.

Topic Hub

The Republic hub gathers the central constitutional and historical material of Livarva: the Roman system itself, its language of liberty, the difference from modern democracy, and the question whether it could have been saved.

Overview

The Republic hub gathers the central constitutional and historical material of Livarva: the Roman system itself, its language of liberty, the difference from modern democracy, and the question whether it could have been saved.

Atlas Entries

Republic

The political order whose collapse Livarva investigates.

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Libertas

Roman freedom from domination.

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Citizenship

Membership, privilege and political identity.

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Expulsion of the Kings

The foundational memory of anti-monarchy.

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In the Library

Why Three Lives?

The argument for Sulla, Caesar and Cato as three approaches to one crisis.

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The Library

The three works at the centre of Livarva.

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Source Library

Livy

Foundation myths and early Roman memory.

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Cicero

Republican language and constitutional anxiety.

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Ronald Syme

Power and aristocratic politics.

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Journal

The Roman Republic Was Not a Democracy

Ancient liberty and modern misunderstanding.

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Could the Republic Have Been Saved?

The central question behind Livarva.

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The Senate and Auctoritas

Authority without obedience.

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