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Livy (59 B.C.–17 A.D.)

Livy—Titus Livius. A great Roman historian; born at Patavium (Padua), 59 B.C.; died there, 17 A.D. He wrote the ‘History of Rome from the Founding of the City’ in 142 “books,” of which only 35 have come down to us,—books 1–10, reaching to the year 293 B.C., and books 21–45, covering the years 218–167 B.C.; of the lost books some fragments remain. (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).

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