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. Roman historian, author of the authorized version of the history of the roman republic The life of titus livius (or livy, to use his more common english name), is not well known. 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. 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. Livy employed annalistic features to associate his history with the dominant traditional of roman history, which was to write these annalistic chronicles In so doing, he imbued his history with an aura of continuity and stability along with pontifical authority. Livy (titus livius), the great roman historian, was born at or near patavium (padua) in 64 or 59 bce He may have lived mostly in rome but died at patavium, in 12 or 17 ce Livy's only extant work is part of his history of rome from the foundation of the city to 9 bce.
