If you are trying to match a term with that definition I think you answer would be bureaucracy (<span>a system of government in which most of the important decisions are taken by state officials rather than by elected representatives)</span>
The setting is similar to the setting of Ovid's Pyramus and Thisbe because : both take place in time periods in which men carry weapons
Both characters in those two stories involved in several sword fight (which you won't find in the stories which have a more modern time setting)
hope this helps
