Steele Brand

And what about the equipment that they fight with?

He works through most of this.

And being Livy, he focuses a little more on the character of Alexander, and he's got some generalizations in there, which I think you will properly critique.

But I would argue, on balance, in the end, Livy probably comes to the right conclusion.

Do you?

I'm giving you my heads up of where I'm going to go.

But I think he leads to the right conclusion.

But that's why you're here.

You're going to push back on me and explain why Livy's just dead wrong.

Yes, yes.

Well, there's one theory that it was a schoolboy's exercise, which tells you this is actually really popular.

Not only is it sort of people are swimming in these waters in popular circles, but it's something that the educated elites are training the next generation with.

And it's possible.

That Livy's like, oh, I really liked what I wrote about this.

I'm just going to tuck it in.

It fits into this spot right here.

There are all sorts of theories, because it's a little different for Livy to include it.

But yes, it's definitely a popular question.

But I think it's an important question, because for Livy, it comes down to the most important question.

What is the nature of autocratic rule?