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Titus Livius The Roman Historian

Titus Livius The Roman Historian. By: Dana Schwartz. Biography. 59 B.C. - 17 A.D. Padua (N. Italy) Teen Years Adult Life. Livy’s History Of Rome. Ab Urbe Condita - only surviving work Composed of 142 books Covers from Rome’s beginnings (752 B.C.)  reign of Augustus

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Titus Livius The Roman Historian

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  1. Titus Livius The Roman Historian By: Dana Schwartz

  2. Biography • 59 B.C. - 17 A.D. • Padua (N. Italy) • Teen Years • Adult Life

  3. Livy’s History Of Rome • Ab Urbe Condita - only surviving work • Composed of 142 books • Covers from Rome’s beginnings (752 B.C.) reign of Augustus • Work was popular and in high demand • Roman people conscious and proud • Enthusiastic about antiques widespread

  4. Livy’s History Of Rome • “History was a political study through which one might hope to explain or excuse the present.” - Robert Ogilvie • “I am devoting all my thoughts to retracing those pristine records, free from all the anxiety which can disturb the historian of his own times even if it cannot warp him from the truth.” - Livy

  5. Styles of Writing • Long clauses vs. Abrupt sentences • Archival fact as dry and formal • Battle = poetic and dramatic • Speech in realistic tone

  6. Long clauses vs. Abrupt sentences

  7. Archival Fact as Dry and Formal

  8. Battle = Poetic and Dramatic

  9. Speech In Realistic Tone

  10. Bibliography Grant, Michael. THE WORLD OF ROME. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1960. Print. Ogilvie, Robert Maxwell. "Livy." Encyclopedia Britanica. N.p.: n.p., n.d. N. pag. Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. Web. 10 Mar. 2013. <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/344974/ Livy>. Kirschenbaum, Matthew G., ed. "The History of Rome, Vol. I." The University of Virginia Library. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Mar. 2013. <http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ toccer-new2?id=Liv1His.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/ parsed&tag=public&part=all>. Foster, Benjamin Oliver, ed. "Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 1." Perseus Digital Library. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Mar. 2013. <http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/ text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0151%3Abook%3D1%3Achapter%3D6>. Englert, Walter, ed. "Livy." Reed College. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Mar. 2013. <http://academic.reed.edu/ humanities/110tech/livy.html#scholarly%20views>.

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