Livy was, with sallust and tacitus, one of the three great roman historians Roman historian, author of the authorized version of the history of the roman republic. 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.
Titus livius, commonly known as livy, was one of the greatest historians of ancient rome Livy was a roman historian who wrote a monumental history of rome and the roman people. 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.
The assassination of julius caesar, the civil wars, and the eventual rise of augustus as the first emperor all occurred during his lifetime. 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. You may begin reading the english translation as well as the latin version and a latin version with morphological links If you have any questions about the perseus project texts in the internet classics archive, including the perseus project copyright notice, please consult the help pages.
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. At times he is quite florid, rivaling cicero in periodic structures
As with all authors, the style and vocabulary become more easily absorbed as the work progresses.
