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.
Aliases (3)
- Livius ×1
- Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita ×1
- Titus Livius ×1
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin prose writer
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Roman author → ancient Roman historian → |
| birthPlace |
Cisalpine Gaul
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Italy → Padua → Patavium → |
| booksSurvivingRange |
Books 1–10 of Ab Urbe Condita
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Books 21–45 of Ab Urbe Condita (partially) → |
| citizenship |
Ancient Rome
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Roman Republic → |
| cognomen |
Livius
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| contemporaryOf |
Augustus
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Virgil → |
| deathPlace |
Padua
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Patavium → |
| era |
Augustan age
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| fieldOfWork |
Roman history
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historiography → |
| fullName |
Titus Livius
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| gender |
male
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| givenName |
Titus
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| hasLostWorks |
yes
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| influenced |
Machiavelli
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Quintilian → Renaissance political thought → Roman historiography → Tacitus → |
| influencedBy |
Polybius
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Roman annalists → |
| knownFor |
account of the Second Punic War
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detailed narrative of early Roman legends → moralizing interpretation of Roman history → patriotic depiction of Rome → |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Latin
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| notableWork |
Ab Urbe Condita
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| numberOfBooksPlanned |
142
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| numberOfBooksSurviving |
35
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| occupation |
historian
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teacher → |
| patronageContext |
reign of Augustus
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| politicalRole |
non-political man of letters
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| religion |
traditional Roman religion
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| workChronicles |
from the legendary founding of Rome
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history of Rome → to his own lifetime → |
| workTitleTranslation |
Ab Urbe Condita = From the Founding of the City
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| writingStyle |
annalistic history
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rhetorical prose → |
Referenced by (30)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Aetolians
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Antium → Aurunci → Bruttians → Bruttium → Campus Martius → Larisa (ancient city) → Lusitanians → Picenum → Rostra → Sidicini → Volsci → |
mentionedBy |
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Bastarnae
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Clusium → Sabines → |
mentionedInSource |
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Cacus
→
Marrucini → |
describedBy |
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Bruttii
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Gaius Terentius Varro → |
historicalSource |
|
Niccolò Machiavelli
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Tacitus → |
influencedBy |
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Battle of the Metaurus
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Roman Kingdom → |
primarySource |
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Ab Urbe Condita
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author |
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Latin
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classicalAuthors |
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Livy
("Livius")
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cognomen |
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Hannibal
("Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita")
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describedIn |
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Livy
("Titus Livius")
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|
fullName |
|
Loeb Classical Library
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includesAuthor |
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Mago Barca
→
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knownFrom |