Livy
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Livy was a renowned Roman historian best known for his monumental work "Ab Urbe Condita," which chronicled the history of Rome from its legendary founding through his own time.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Livius | 1 |
| Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita | 1 |
| Titus Livius | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin prose writer
ⓘ
Roman author ⓘ ancient Roman historian ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Cisalpine Gaul
ⓘ
Italy ⓘ Padua ⓘ Patavium ⓘ |
| booksSurvivingRange |
Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita
ⓘ
surface form:
Books 1–10 of Ab Urbe Condita
Books 21–45 of Ab Urbe Condita (partially) ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Roman Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Rome
Roman Republic ⓘ |
| cognomen |
Livy
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Livius
|
| contemporaryOf |
Augustus
ⓘ
Virgil ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Padua
ⓘ
Patavium ⓘ |
| era | Augustan age ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Roman history
ⓘ
historiography ⓘ |
| fullName |
Livy
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Titus Livius
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Titus ⓘ |
| hasLostWorks | yes ⓘ |
| influenced |
Niccolò Machiavelli
ⓘ
surface form:
Machiavelli
Quintilian ⓘ Renaissance political thought ⓘ Roman historiography ⓘ Tacitus ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Polybius
ⓘ
Roman annalists ⓘ |
| knownFor |
account of the Second Punic War
ⓘ
detailed narrative of early Roman legends ⓘ moralizing interpretation of Roman history ⓘ patriotic depiction of Rome ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Latin ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita
ⓘ
surface form:
Ab Urbe Condita
|
| numberOfBooksPlanned | 142 ⓘ |
| numberOfBooksSurviving | 35 ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
ⓘ
teacher ⓘ |
| patronageContext | reign of Augustus ⓘ |
| politicalRole | non-political man of letters ⓘ |
| religion | traditional Roman religion ⓘ |
| workChronicles |
from the legendary founding of Rome
ⓘ
history of Rome ⓘ to his own lifetime ⓘ |
| workTitleTranslation | Ab Urbe Condita = From the Founding of the City ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
annalistic history
ⓘ
rhetorical prose ⓘ |
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ab Urbe Condita
subject surface form:
Hannibal
this entity surface form:
Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita