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Livy

by Unknown Author

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528 pages2002Penguin ClassicsISBN 9780140448092

About this book

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).

Publication Details

Publisher
Penguin Classics
Published
2002
Pages
528
ISBN
9780140448092

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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