Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The History of Rome originally comprised 142 "books", 35 of which—Books 1–10 with the Preface and Books 21–45—still exist in reasonably complete form. [1] Damage to a manuscript of the 5th century resulted in large gaps in Books 41 and 43–45 (small lacunae exist elsewhere); that is, the material is not covered in any source of Livy's text.
' Discourses on the First Ten of Titus Livy ') is a work of political history and philosophy written in the early 16th century (c. 1517) by the Italian writer and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli, best known as the author of The Prince.
Titus Livius (Latin: [ˈtɪtʊs ˈliːwiʊs]; 59 BC – AD 17), known in English as Livy (/ ˈ l ɪ v i / LIV-ee), was a Roman historian. He wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, titled Ab Urbe Condita, ''From the Founding of the City'', covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditional founding in 753 BC through the reign of Augustus in Livy's own ...
Titus Livius tragoediarum scriptor clarus habetur, qui ob ingenii meritum a Livio Salinatore, cuius liberos erudiebat, libertate donatus est. Titus Livius, author of tragedies, is held to be outstanding. He was given liberty by Livius Salinator, whose children he was educating, by merit of his intelligence. Jerome is the only author to name him ...
The abundance of details clearly distinguishes the Viri illustres from the late antique breviaries and compendia. Although researchers have long attributed the Viri illustres to the Livian tradition, it is now assumed that it is an independent historical tradition independent of the historiography of Titus Livius, for which a template from the Late Republic can be deduced, which worked with ...
Titus Livius: Historiarum Libri Qui Supersunt. (History Books Which Have Survived). London, 1828 27 volumes: at Google Books: Manilius: Astronomicon (Astrology). London, 1828 2 volumes: at Google Books: Panegyrici Veteres: Panegyrici Veteres (Old Panegyrics). London, 1828 6 volumes: at Google Books: Aurelius Victor: Historia Romana (Roman ...
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
Virginia's death as depicted by Romanino. "The Physician's Tale" is one of The Canterbury Tales, written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century. It is a domestic drama about the relationship between a daughter and her father, based on a tale from the Histories of Titus Livius and retold in The Romance of the Rose.