Livy
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Titus Livius (; 59 BC – AD 17), known in English as
Livy ( ), was a
Roman historian. He wrote a monumental history of
Rome and the Roman people, titled , 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, whose young grandnephew, the future emperor
Claudius, he encouraged to take up the writing of history.
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