Livy (Titus Livius) was a Roman historian who lived from about 60 BGC to 17 GC. His only surviving work is Ab Urbe Condita Libri (Books from the Foundation of the City), commonly known as Livy’s History of Rome. The work narrates Roman history from before the founding of Rome to Livy’s own time.
In Livy’s history, rape of Lucretia incited men to wage war and found the Roman Republic. Roman men writing history never questioned her story. … Read the post Lucretia declaring rape incited Roman men to war without questioning
As Livy recounts, the ordinary Roman man was exploited in war and exploited in peace; he received wounds on his chest and beatings on his back. … Read the post men wounded on chest in war, beaten on back at home
Livy’s account of Roman senator Servilius exposing his war wounds and genitals critiques gender in women exposing their breasts for public favor. … Read the post Livy’s gender critique: men show war wounds, women show breasts
Gender inequality in both killing and capturing and gynocentric society was founded when Roman men abducted Sabine women to be their wives. … Read the post Sabine women win Pyrrhic peace for Roman men
Protesters pleaded with law makers to establish a strong affirmative-action program to increase the number of men teachers in elementary schools. … Read the post rebellion over too few men teachers in elementary schools