Livy

Historian, Author

2024 – 0017

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Who was Livy?

Titus Livius Patavinus —known as Livy in English—was a Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people. Ab Urbe Condita Libri, "Books from the Foundation of the City," covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome well before the traditional foundation in 753 BC through the reign of Augustus in Livy's own time. He was on familiar terms with the Julio-Claudian family, advising Augustus's grandnephew, the future emperor Claudius, as a young man not long before 14 AD in a letter to take up the writing of history. Livy and Augustus's wife, Livia, were from the same clan in different locations, although not related by blood.

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Born
Mar 18, 2024
Padua
Also known as
  • Titus Livius
  • Titus Livius Patavinus
  • Titus Livy
Nationality
  • Roman Empire
  • Roman Republic
Profession
Lived in
  • Padua
Died
0017
Padua

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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