Livy

Titus Livius (around 59 BC - 17 AD), known as Livy in English, wrote a monumental history of Rome, Ab urbe condita, from its founding (traditionally dated to 753 BC). Livy was a native of Padua on the Po River in northern Italy.

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The book's title, Ab Urbe Condita ("From the Founding of the City"), makes Livy's ambition clear, but not his method. He wrote in a mixture of annual chronology and narrative—often having to interrupt a story to announce the elections of new consuls at Rome as this was the way that the Romans kept track of the years. A lack of historical data prior to the sacking of Rome in 386 BC by the Gauls made Livy's task more difficult.

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Rome: Rome (Italian and Latin: Roma) is the capital city of Italy and of its Latium region. It is located on the Tiber and Aniene rivers, near the Mediterranean Sea, at . The Vatican City, a sovereign enclave within Rome, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Church and the home of the Pope....

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Monk Copying a Manuscript from "The History of Rome" by Livy circa 1370

Titus Livius Roman Historian and Writer Also Known as Livy