Livy's most famous work was his history of Rome. In it he narrates a complete history of the city of Rome, from its foundation to the death of Augustus. Because he was writing under the reign of Augustus, Livy's history emphasizes the great triumphs of Rome.

Livy (born 59/64 bc, Patavium, Venetia [now Padua, Italy]—died ad 17, Patavium) was, with Sallust and Tacitus, one of the three great Roman historians. His history of Rome became a classic in his own lifetime and exercised a profound influence on the style and philosophy of historical writing down to the 18th century.

Now, if any nation ought to be allowed to claim a sacred origin and point back to a divine paternity that nation is Rome. [8] For such is her renown in war that when she chooses to represent Mars as her own and her founder's father, the nations of the world accept the statement with the same equanimity with which they accept her dominion

The History of Rome, perhaps originally titled Annales, and frequently referred to as Ab Urbe Condita (English: From the Founding of the City), [1] is a monumental history of ancient Rome, written in Latin between 27 and 9 BC by the Roman historian Titus Livius, better known in …

2024年10月28日 · Titus Livius, commonly known as Livy, was one of the greatest historians of ancient Rome. His monumental work, Ab Urbe Condita (From the Founding of the City), chronicles the history of Rome from its legendary beginnings to his contemporary period during the reign of Augustus.

2020年4月23日 · Livy continues his magnificent epic, with Rome in complete ruin after the Gallic invasion and sack of the city in 310 B.C. Led by Camillus, one of Rome's great heroic patricians, the city regains her self-confidence and once more becomes the leader of the Latin people.

Livy (Titus Livius), the great Roman historian, was born at or near Patavium (Padua) in 64 or 59 BCE; he may have lived mostly in Rome but died at Patavium, in 12 or 17 CE. Livy's only extant work is part of his history of Rome from the foundation of the city to 9 BCE .

He reigned 24 years. In his reign Lucumo, son of the Corinthian Demaratus, came from Tarquinii, an Etruscan city, to Rome, and being received into the friendship of Ancus began to bear the name of Tarquinius Priscus, and after the death of Ancus succeeded to the kingship.

2024年7月24日 · Titus Livius, commonly known as Livy, stands as a towering figure in ancient Roman historiography. Born in 59 BC, his life and work provide critical insights into Rome’s development from its mythical founding to the Augustan Age.

Livy set himself the task of writing a history of Rome. Now a modern historian would have interpreted this as meaning a history of how Rome came to be what it is, a history of the process which brought into existence the characteristic Roman institutions and …