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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. Little is known about Livy’s life and nothing about.
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 753 BC through the reign of Augustus in Livy's own lifetime.
26 Ιουλ 2024 · Livy had a wife and at least two children, a son and a daughter. He also authored several other works, including an essay which was formatted like a letter to his son. Furthermore, he produced multiple dialogues, which were likely inspired by similar works of Cicero.
26 Σεπ 2023 · Titus Livius, commonly known as Livy, stands as one of the most prominent figures in the field of Roman historical writing. In this article, we will delve into the life, works, and significance of Livy in shedding light on the fascinating history of ancient Rome.
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 English as "Livy".
What became Livy’s masterwork that consumed most of his adult life bore the Latin title Ab urbe condita, which literally means “from the foundation of the city,” but the work is typically referred to as History of Rome. In all, 142 books have been attributed to Livy, of which only 35 books have survived intact until modern times, namely ...
1. AB URBE CONDITA: STRUCTURE1. “I feel like someone who wades out into the depths after being initially attracted to the water by the shallows of the sea at the shoreline; and I foresee any advance only taking me into even more enormous, indeed bottomless, depths, and that this undertaking of mine, which seemed to be diminishing as I was ...
