Livy (59 BC-17 AD), or Titus Livius, was a Roman historian who lived in the period when Augustus was building the Roman Empire out of the ruins of the republican system. In a life of quiet study Livy became the leading historian of his day. Livy was...

Not much is known of the life of Titus Livius, Rome's most ambitious and, arguably, greatest historian. Livy himself offers almost no autobiographical information in his monumental-and only surviving— work, the Historiae ab urbe condita libri....

Not much is known of the life of Titus Livius, Rome's most ambitious and, arguably, greatest historian. Livy himself offers almost no autobiographical information in his monumental--and only surviving--work, the Historiae ab urbe condita libri. Most of...

59 B.C.-A.D.17 Roman historian who wrote the most highly regarded history of Rome in the ancient period. His History of Rome chronicles events of the city-state from 753 B.C. to 9 B.C. It was published in 142 books, but only 35 of these survive in...

Titus Livius (traditionally 59 BC – AD 17[1]), known as Livy in English, was a Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome, Ab Urbe Condita, from its founding (traditionally dated to 753 BC) through the reign of Augustus in Livy's own...

Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Livy: Life and Works Life 59 B.C. - A.D. 17 Titus Livius was a native of Padua (Roman Patavium). He is known as the greatest prose-writer of the Augustan age. At about the age of thirty, he began his great history...

The ancient quarrel between philosophy and poetry has a parallel in an equally ancient dispute between philosophy and history. Which is to be the great teacher, ideas, words, or deeds? In the education of the human race, particularly for political life, are we...

Charlemagne believed in fair government for all.He ruled an empire called Francia that stretched larger than the boundaries of what today are France and Germany. Despite the great distances and difficulty in traveling, Charlemagne (742-814) gathered all his leaders for meetings every year.At these assemblies,...

The Roman historian Livy sought in his writings to uphold the liberty and morals of the Roman Empire. His writings warned of Rome's downfall, urging his countrymen to renounce the evil that was causing its decay.