His history of rome became a classic in his own lifetime and exercised a profound influence on the style and philosophy of historical writing down to the 18th century. Livy, or titus livius, stands as one of the foremost historians of ancient rome Livy lived through one of the most tumultuous periods in roman history
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The assassination of julius caesar, the civil wars, and the eventual rise of augustus as the first emperor all occurred during his lifetime.
Titus livius, commonly known as livy, was one of the greatest historians of ancient rome
His monumental work, ab urbe condita (from the founding of the city), chronicles the history of rome from its legendary beginnings to his contemporary period during the reign of augustus. Without arrian or diodorus, how would anyone know of the military campaigns of alexander the great Roman historian, author of the authorized version of the history of the roman republic. 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. Livy covered the earliest legends of rome through to the reign of caesar augustus, who died while livy was still writing Livy’s contribution to the historical record has been instrumental in our understanding of how the roman people lived and how their empire was created.
Livy employed annalistic features to associate his history with the dominant traditional of roman history, which was to write these annalistic chronicles
In so doing, he imbued his history with an aura of continuity and stability along with pontifical authority.
