Titus Livius: The History Of Rome

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Titus Livius, the Roman historian, and possibly the reason how we know about the Roman Empire today.

Born between the years of 64/59 BC, someone around Patavium, Northern Italy, which today is modern Padua, from the second wealthiest places in Italy. his hometown was also known for their politics antics and conservative values.

It is said that he spent a large amount of time in the city do to the fact that there in Italy, (today), there was a civil war going on within the city. The governor at the time tried to get Livy to come and join him to try and fight for control over Rome.

Although this was a very hard time in his life, the only surviving work of him is the “History of Rome”. He had begun his work in his adulthood in Rome, before

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