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The early history of Rome

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424 pages1971Penguin BooksISBN 9780140441048
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The only extant work by Livy (64 or 59 BCE 12 or 17 CE) is part of his history of Rome from the foundation of the city to 9 BCE. Of its 142 books, 1 10, 21 45 (except parts of 41 and 43 45), fragments, and short summaries remain. Livy s history is a source for the De Prodigiis of Julius Obsequens (fourth century CE).

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Publisher
Penguin Books
Published
1971
Pages
424
ISBN
9780140441048

About Unknown Author

A Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, Ab Urbe Condita Libri, "Chapters from the Foundation of the City," covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome well before the traditional foundation in 753 BC through the reign of Augustus in Livy's own time. <sup>[1][1]</sup> [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livy

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