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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".
Summary of book I. A. Arrival of Aeneas in Italy and his deeds. Reign of Ascanius, and after him of the Silvii, at Alba. Romulus and Remus born to Mars by the daughter of Numitor. Amulius killed.
chapter: 1. First of all, then, it is generally agreed that when Troy was taken vengeance was wreaked upon the other Trojans, but that two, Aeneas and Antenor, were spared all the penalties of war by the Achivi, owing to long-standing claims of hospitality, and because they had always advocated peace and the giving back of Helen.
Livy's magnum opus, "The History of Rome", also known as "Ab Urbe Condita", is a comprehensive work that narrates the history of Rome, from its foundation to the death of Augustus. The author's perspective, being written during Augustus' reign, emphasizes the triumphs and victories of Rome over centuries.
Quick Facts. Latin in full: Titus Livius. Born: 59/64 bc, Patavium, Venetia [now Padua, Italy] Died: ad 17, Patavium. Movement / Style: Golden Age. The project of writing the history of Rome down to the present day was not a new one.
On average each surviving book of Ab Urbe Condita consists of fifty-five to sixty “chapters” (in effect, long paragraphs), and the thirty-five books that remain—1 to 10 and 21 to 45—are together nearly as long as Edward Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
[3] The animosity, too, with which they fought was almost greater than their strength: the Romans were enraged that the conquered should be actually drawing sword upon their conquerors; the Phoenicians, because they believed that the conquered had been treated with domineering arrogance and greed.
