Livy The Roman Way Of Declaring War Analysis

Livy: The Roman Way of Declaring War The way of declaring war remained an extremely important topic when it came to the romans. The romans believed if that if they did not observe all necessary formalities in beginning hostilities, then the angry gods would turn the luck towards the Romans enemy. The fourth king of Rome, Ancus Marcius, was originally a peaceful and skilled solider but while in war with Latin he is known to have instituted what is now known by the romans as war (The Conquered). These ways of war are declared in Livy: The Roman Way of Declaring War. Though the romans followed these ways of war until the fall of Rome the Livy: The Roman Way of Declaring War did have some downsides. The ways of declaring war can be better understood by what is it, what flaws it has, and who the author behind the document is. Livy: The Roman Way of Declaring War is a document created by Ancus Marcuis. The document was created in 650 BCE in Rome …show more content…
Marcius was the fourth king of Rome from 641 - 616 BC after Tullus Hostilius; Marcius’ grandfather was also the second king of Rome (Ancus). Marcuis’ first proposition was restoring religious observances of his grandfather and later became writing ways of declaring war for Rome. Marcius got most of his ideas from borrowed ancient folk (Halsall). Though Marcius was confident in his new ways of war, he sent a messenger to the public people to tell them of his ways of declaring war. Once the report came back to the king all that was left to do was consult with pater patratus to finalize such aspects of war. Once the ways of declaring war were finalized, it was just time for the romans to wait and use the new ways of declaring war with there next enemy. How reliable was this document? As readers can see, Marcius was an extremely qualified person to be creating such an important document for a nation that would become to most powerful empire in the