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| - | '''Titus Livius''' (traditionally 59 BC – AD 17), known as '''Livy''' in [[English language|English]], was a [[Ancient Rome|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 time. | + | '''Titus Livius''' (64/59 BC – AD 12/17), known as '''Livy''') in [[English language|English]], was a [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] historian. He wrote a monumental history of [[Rome]] and the Roman people, titled {{Lang-la|[[Ab Urbe Condita Libri|Ab Urbe Condita]]|links=|lit='From the Founding of the City'|label=none}}, covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditional founding in 753 BC through the reign of [[Augustus]] in Livy's own lifetime. He was on familiar terms with members of the [[Julio-Claudian dynasty]] and even in friendship with Augustus, whose young grandnephew, the future emperor [[Claudius]], he exhorted to take up the writing of history. |
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Titus Livius (64/59 BC – AD 12/17), known as Livy) in English, was a Roman historian. He wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, titled Template:Lang-la, covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditional founding in 753 BC through the reign of Augustus in Livy's own lifetime. He was on familiar terms with members of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and even in friendship with Augustus, whose young grandnephew, the future emperor Claudius, he exhorted to take up the writing of history.
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