His history of rome became a classic in his own lifetime and exercised a profound influence on the style and philosophy of historical writing down to the 18th century. Titus livius, commonly known as livy, was one of the greatest historians of ancient rome His monumental work, ab urbe condita (from the founding of the city), chronicles the history of rome from its legendary beginnings to his contemporary period during the reign of augustus. Without arrian or diodorus, how would anyone know of the military campaigns of alexander the great Roman historian, author of the authorized version of the history of the roman republic. Livy lived through one of the most tumultuous periods in roman history
The assassination of julius caesar, the civil wars, and the eventual rise of augustus as the first emperor all occurred during his lifetime.
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