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Livy and His History of Rome ... The Roman historian Titus Livius (Livy), from Patavium, lived about 76 years, from c. 59 B.C. to c. A.D. 17. That hardly seems long enough to have finished his magnum opus, ... Most of Livy's 142 books on the 770-year history of Rome have been lost, but 35 survive: i-x, xxi-xlv.
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In Ab Urbe Condita, Livy wrote annals about the deeds of the Roman people -- at home or at war -- arranged chronologically by consular year, beginning with each Ides of March. Livy's subject matter was the entire history of Rome, from its legendary founding (c. 753 B.C.) up to his own time.
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Livy's history reflects his admiration for the civilization of early Rome, and his belief that the importance of history was its applicability to contemporary life. As such he was a romantic, and not a scientific, historian. ... Livy's year...
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Livy writes that in the Varronian year 351, the Romans and the inhabitants of Tarquinii concluded a peace treaty for forty years. War broke out again in the Varronian year 308, which is indeed the fortieth year if we ignore the dictator years...
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reasonable doubt about the correct restoration of this particular year. Livy's account of the triumph and the preceding complications are, however, ...
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In the 2nd century and early 1st century bc, a number of historians, later used as sources by Livy, did follow a year-by-year presentation: Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi, Gnaeus Gellius, Valerius Antias, Gaius Licinius Macer, Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius, and Quintus Aelius Tubero.
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This made the Roman year 355 days long. To make the calendar correspond approximately to the solar year, Numa also ordered the addition every other year of a month called Mercedinus. ... According to historian Livy, Numa divided the year into twelve months, corresponding to the moon’s revolutions.
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For virtually every year Livy supplies information on the initial disposition of provinces and armies and on the election of consuls and praetors. Other topics which frequently appear include the reporting and expiation of prodigies, the games and other activities of the aediles, and the death and replacement of priests.
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[38.1]Whilst the war was going on in Asia, After the expulsion of Amynander, the country was held down by the governors whom Philip had established and provided with troops, and their arbitrary and lawless rule made the people feel keenly the disappearance of their king. ... He was spending his time of exile in Aetolia,
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