Livy

Livy
Titus Livius statue (latter 19th century) at the Austrian Parliament Building in Vienna
Born	Titus Livius[i] 59 BC Patavium, Roman Republic (modern Padua, Italy)
Died	AD 17 (aged 74–75) Patavium, Roman Empire
Occupation	Historian
Years active	Golden Age of Latin
Academic background
Influences	Polybius Cicero
Academic work
Discipline	History
Main interests	History, biography, oratory
Notable works	Ab urbe condita

Titus Livius (Latin: [ˈtɪtʊs ˈliːwiʊs]; 59 BC – AD 17), known in English as Livy (/ˈlɪvi/ LIV-ee), was a Roman historian. He wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, titled Ab Urbe Condita, ''From the Founding of the City'', 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 good terms with members of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and was a friend of Augustus,^[1] whose young grandnephew, the future emperor Claudius, he encouraged to take up the writing of history.^[2]

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