Livy

• Titus Livius, known as Livy (c.59 BCE – 17 CE), was a Roman Historian.
• He is famed for his great history of Rome, ‘ab urbe condita libri’, which consisted of 142 books.

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• ‘Ab urbe condita libri’
  • meaning the history book ‘from the founding of the city’ (of Rome).
  • Originally written in 142 books. Only 35 books have survived.
  • It is complete history of Rome from the first Roman King and founding of Rome in 753 BCE until the first Roman Emperor, Augustus (31 BCE), ending in 9 BCE.

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