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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.
- Translator's Preface Vii
Translator’s Preface. The Latin text of this volume has been...
- Rome in The Regal Period 448
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- Introduction Ix
Introduction I. From entries in Jerome’s re-working of the...
- Western Central Italy 450
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- Translator's Preface Vii
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.
The History of Rome is comprised of 142 books, of which only books 1–10 and 21–45 have survived. Livius begins by telling the stories of Aeneas, the leader of the Trojans, and Remus and ...
1. 1 To begin with, it is generally admitted that after the capture of Troy, whilst the rest of the Trojans were massacred, against two of them —Aeneas and Antenor —the Achivi refused to exercise the rights of war, partly owing to old ties of hospitality, and partly because these men had always been in favour of making peace and ...
Chapter 1. Machiavelli begins by commenting on the origins and founding of cities. He offers the examples of Athens, Venice, Alexandria, and Florence, but focuses on Rome, in particular. He then discusses the twofold tradition of the founding of Rome.
1. WHETHER in tracing the history of the Roman people, from the foundation of the city, I shall employ myself to a useful purpose, 1 I am neither very certain, nor, if I were, dare I say: inasmuch as I observe, that it is both an old and hackneyed practice, 2 later authors always supposing that they will either adduce something more authentic ...
Vol. 1 of Livy’s History of Rome from its founding to the reign of Augustus. This text-based PDF or EBook was created from the HTML version of this book and is part of the Portable Library of Liberty. This is a facsimile or image-based PDF made from scans of the original book.
