A posy with a purpose bracelet honoring olivia “livy” sherry and the mentors, educators, and guiding lights who help us find our way Roman historian, author of the authorized version of the history of the roman republic. Livy 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. While he would spend most of his adult life in rome, arriving there at the age of thirty, livy, was actually born in the small town of patuvium located in northern italy, modern day padua, around 59 bce, and it was in his place of birth that he would return to die in 17 ce at the age of sixty. Titus livius, commonly known as livy, was one of the greatest historians of ancient rome
Livy lived through one of the most tumultuous periods in roman history The assassination of julius caesar, the civil wars, and the eventual rise of augustus as the first emperor all occurred during his lifetime.
