The Loeb Classical Library: History of Rome, Volume VII : Books 26–27

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The Loeb Classical Library: History of Rome, Volume VII : Books 26–27Livy (Titus Livius), the great Roman historian, was born at or near Patavium (Padua) in 64 or 59 BC; he may have lived mostly in Rome but died at Patavium, in AD 12 or 17. Livys only extant work is part of his history of Rome from the foundation of the city to 9 BC. Of its 142 books, we have just thirty five, and short summaries of all the rest except two. The whole work was, long after his death, divided into Decades or series of ten. Books 110 we

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