Whether the task I have undertaken of writing a complete history of the Roman people from the very commencement of its existence will reward me for the labour spent on it, I neither know for certain, nor if I did know would I venture to say.

Titus Livius (Latin: [ˈtɪtʊs ˈliːwiʊs]; 59 BC – AD 17), known in English as Livy (/ ˈ l ɪ v i / LIV-ee), was a Roman historian. He wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, titled Ab Urbe Condita , ''From the Founding of the City'', covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditional founding in ...

2006年11月6日 · "The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08" by Livy is a historical account written in the late 1st century BC. This monumental work chronicles the early history of Rome, detailing its legendary origins, founding, and the establishment of its various institutions and wars through notable figures such as Romulus and Numa Pompilius.

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2022年4月22日 · Livy, The History of Rome (Loeb - 12 volumes in 1 - searchable text and translation only). This is a very large file, since it combines all volumes into one, but the advantage is you can search all of Livy's work (both the Latin and the English) in one file.

2020年4月23日 · Livy's purpose in writing his famous history was to show how Rome had started out as a city state full of brave, idealistic and virtuous citizens, but had then descended into the voracious, debauched, and immoral empire it had become …

Livy was abridged, in antiquity, to an epitome, which survives for Book 1, but was itself abridged in the fourth century into the so-called Periochae, which is simply a list of contents. The Periochae survive for the entire work, except for books 136 and 137. [6]

In splendid style Livy, a man of wide sympathies and proud of Rome's past, presented an uncritical but clear and living narrative of the rise of Rome to greatness. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Livy is in fourteen volumes.