The Empire
Livy
He wrote a giant history of Rome from its stories to his own time.
Years. 59 BC to AD 17
Three short facts
- 1He came from Padua, in northern Italy.
- 2His work filled 142 books. Only some survive.
- 3He loved moral lessons more than dry lists.
The story
Livy wanted Romans to learn from their past.
He wrote about brave deeds and bad choices.
Augustus knew him.
Livy did not always flatter power.
Much of early Rome in his pages is legend mixed with history.