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Lycurgus and Numa (The Lawgivers)
Both of these lives are buried in myth. This is a great excuse for P to talk about the institutions whose etiologies are the real claims to fame. This is interesting, but not in the way p usually is.
Numa is clearly the more just and pious. Many of his institutions lived on, but his effect on the Roman character was brief. Lycurgus’ constitution is enduring, but unjust.
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Both of these lives are buried in myth. This is a great excuse for P to talk about the institutions whose etiologies are the real claims to fame. This is interesting, but not in the way p usually is.
Numa is clearly the more just and pious. Many of his institutions lived on, but his effect on the Roman character was brief. Lycurgus’ constitution is enduring, but unjust.
