Political Science 2237E Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Livy
27 Dec 2018
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Focuses on a city-state threatened by the empire and roman catholic church. >wants florence to expand and become large enough to cover all of italy (creating a sovereign territorial state), replicate what france is doing. Building a warfare state, able to survive in times of war. >also an idea state because it"s dedicated to the liberty of the political unit; main concern is political unit not being pushed around by other political units. 1513 - written as an attempt to get a diplomatic job. Discourses on livy (1515-1517) = commentary on titus livius (59 bce-17 ce): "history of the founding of the city" - show his true self, very republican*** Experiences a harsh world of changing politics and shifting balance of power. >volatile area to small political units and bigger empires are interested.
