New Humanists

The Startup City | No Republic Was Ever Greater, Ep. 3

December 01, 2022 Ancient Language Institute Episode 36
New Humanists
The Startup City | No Republic Was Ever Greater, Ep. 3
Show Notes

What if you gathered a bunch of friends, went out to the desert of Arizona, and built the greatest city that the world had ever seen? That is what Romulus does, and what Livy chronicles (except it's not in Arizona). We explore the challenges a founder faces in a startup city, how to fill it with people, and how to unify the inhabitants into one, cohesive people.


Livy's Ab Urbe Condita: https://amzn.to/3gYwtbh


Machiavelli's Discourses on Livy: https://amzn.to/3NtNBSj


William Golding's Lord of the Flies: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780399501487


Fustel de Coulanges's La Cité Antique (French): https://amzn.to/3yzATuZ


Fustel de Coulanges's The Ancient City (English): https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780648690542


Saint Augustine's City of God: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780140448948


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Music: Save Us Now by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com