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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".
Livy , orig. Titus Livius, (born 59/64 bc, Patavium, Venetia—died ad 17, Patavium), Roman historian. Little is known of his life, most of which must have been spent in Rome. His lifework was a history of the city, written in 142 books; Books 11–20 and 46–142 have been lost, and those after Book 45 are known only from fragments and later summaries.
Nov 6, 2006 · Project Gutenberg. 73,571 free eBooks. 5 by Livy. The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
Livy - Roman Historian, Annals, Ab Urbe Condita: The project of writing the history of Rome down to the present day was not a new one. Historical research and writing had flourished at Rome for 200 years, since the first Roman historian Quintus Fabius Pictor.
Mar 17, 2014 · Although Livy was skeptical about the old Roman gods who continually meddled in human life, he acknowledged the value of Roman religion and its traditional rituals. He saw how the neglect of this important institution led to the eventual decline of Roman morality.
book: chapter: 19. When he had thus obtained the kingship, he 1 prepared to give the new City, founded by force of arms, a new foundation in law, statutes, and observances. [ 2 ] And perceiving that men could not grow used to these things in the midst of wars, since their natures grew wild and savage through warfare, he thought it needful that ...
Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 31 Evan T. Sage, Ph.D. Professor of Latin and Head of the Department of Classics in the University of Pittsburgh, Ed. ("Agamemnon", "Hom. Od. 9.1", "denarius")
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