Titus Livius

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Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

England

Active to

1865

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Total plays

33

Titus Livius Patavinus (59 BC – AD 17)—known as Livy in English—was a Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people. Ab Urbe Condita Libri, "Books from the Foundation of the City," covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome well before the traditional foundation in 753 BC through the reign of Augustus in Livy's own time. He was on familiar terms with the Julio-Claudian family, advising Augustus's grandnephew <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Titus+Livius">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Quotes

• “Aetolos Acarnanas Macedonas, eiusdem linguae homines, leues ad tempus ortae causae diiungunt coniunguntque: cum alienigenis, cum barbaris aeternum omnibus Graecis bellum est eritque; natura enim, quae perpetua est, non mutabilibus in diem causis hostes sunt...”
• “Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.”
• “I shall find antiquity a rewarding study, if only because, while I am absorbed in it, I shall be able to turn my eyes from the troubles which for so long have tormented the modern world.”
• “Nec vitia nostra nec remedia pati possumus”
• “This above all makes history useful and desirable: it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.”
• “Vulgatior fama est ludibrio fratris Remum novos transiluisse muros; inde ab irato Romulo, cum verbis quoque increpitans adiecisset 'sic deinde, quicumque alius transiliet moenia mea', interfectum.”

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Key facts

Academic.name

Livy

Academic.birth_name

Titus Livius

Academic.birth_date

59 BC

Academic.birth_place

Patavium, Roman Republic (modern Padua, Italy)

Academic.death_date

AD 17 (aged 74–75)

Academic.death_place

Patavium, Roman Empire

Academic.occupation

Historian

Academic.discipline

History

Academic.main_interests

History, biography, oratory

Academic.period

Golden Age of Latin

Academic.image

Titus-Livius-Austrian-Parliament-Building.jpg

Academic.caption

19th-century statue of Livy at the Austrian Parliament Building

Academic.notable_works

Ab urbe condita

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

male

Citizenship

Ancient Rome

Place of death

Padua

Occupation

poet

Languages spoken

Latin

Notable work

History of Rome

Genre

historiography

Image

Titus Livius.png

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