Livy

work, The History of Rome, Livy focuses on how the standard of morality of Rome is reflected in its leader. Livy does not hide Romulus’s ignobility by only telling the mythological version of the founding; instead, Livy provides more practical explanations because this allowed him to show Romulus as the dishonorable person that Rome needed in order to establish herself. In this way Livy could better connect the integrity of early Rome with the integrity of Romulus. Livy wanted the reader to realize

Niccolò Machiavelli is very well known as an important and influential Italian historian, politician, philosopher, and writer during the Renaissance. His book, Discourses on Livy, is a discussion regarding the classical history of early Ancient Rome, although it uses contemporary political examples and strays far away from the subject of Rome at times. It is presented as a series of lessons on how a republic should be started and structured. Most importantly, it constantly brings up the idea of corruption

Evidence in both Niccolo Machiavelli’s, The Prince and The Discourses on Livy support the assumption that he was an amoral thinker. Amoral meaning that Machiavelli has no concern for whether actions are right or wrong. The very term “Machiavellian” derives from the theories of Machiavelli and has connotations of deceit and fraud. Meriam Webster defines the term as “suggesting the principles of conduct laid down by Machiavelli; specifically marked by cunning, duplicity, or bad faith”. Machiavelli

renaissance authors of the epoch, make emphasis on his personal views and his opinions on the political matters taking place in Florence, Italy. Further discussed in the text are two of Machiavelli’s most renowned works, The Prince and the Discourses on Livy. Both books comprehend Machiavelli’s understandings of politics and explicit analysis on the various methods of governments with respect to principalities and republics. Machiavelli had many intentions in mind when he was first writing The Prince

In the book the Discourse on Livy book one it examines the roman empire ad what he believed to be key factors in the rise and fall of the empire. Machiavelli's main focus is in articulating ethical behavior. He focuses on moving away from the topic of universal principles on justices and explains his statement as to why in order to be just and find justices one must learn about the context of the situation. He conceptualized principles of prudence that focus on a free state and that one must fully

Machiavelli, a political genius, paves a path for us to understand the logic on how to build a successful Republic or bring a Republic to ruin. Machiavelli seems to be neutral on his logic, by this I mean he does not side with only good or bad intentions. He clears this path so anyone can come in and take a Republic and mold it to their liking. The principality, aristocrats, and the popular are good for the republic, but almost inescapably turn wicked. This wickedness caused the decemvirate to form

and feeling of the women, as is common for the time period. Throughout the telling, Livy fails to discuss the emotions of the women and does not give an accurate representation of what happened to the captured Sabine women once they were taken by the Roman men. His word choice is purposefully vague and nondescript to make the tale more appealing to men of the time. In chapter nine of The History of Rome, Book 1, Livy writes the beginning of the tale: how Romulus needed women to keep his new city alive

way Americans view and perceive justice. Justice, interpreted by Sellers, Livy, Aurelius, Foucalt, and Sallust all influence and inform Americans’ belief of the relationship between justice and politics. Sellers, in his book, American Republicanism, delves into the topic of justice in Ancient Roman politics. He discusses the interpretations of justice that are described by famous politician and historian, Cicero and Livy. Sellers then draws similarities between Cicero and Livy’s interpretations

In Welch's article " Perspectives On and Of Livy's Tarpeia", she describes how Livy mentions Tarpeia as a "famous Roman woman". Tarpeia was as characterized as a "cycle of colorful stories that make up early Rome." Welch also talks about the moral foundation of the histography of the moral instructions. Tarpeia's story which Livy presents how the Romans capture the Sabines brides and with the ending of Kingship come together of Romulus and Tatius. How the reader's interpretation of Livy's description

methods used in emergencies. “There is no better account of how virtues of duty and simplicity enabled good Roman citizens to prevail during the travails of the fifth century B.C.E. than Livy’s Account of Cincinnatus.” (Spielvogel p.118). The values that Livy emphasized in his account of Cincinnatus was that power does not always require money. Cincinnatus had a great amount of power and used his power to help the roman citizens by fulfilling his duty of defeating the Aequi. “Now I would solicit the particular