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Livy

59 BC - 17

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Titus Livius (Latin: [ˈtɪtʊs ˈliːwiʊs]; 59 BC – AD 17), known in English as Livy ( 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 lifetime. He was on good terms with members of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and was a friend of Augustus. Livy encouraged Augustus’s young grandnephew, the future emperor Claudius, to take up the writing of history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Livy is the 7th most popular historian, the 135th most popular biography from Italy (down from 91st in 2019) and the most popular Italian Historian.

Livy is most famous for his history of Rome.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Livy ranks 7 out of 561. Before him are Herodotus, Ibn Khaldun, Thucydides, Sima Qian, Tacitus, and Xenophon. After him are Josephus, Diodorus Siculus, Alexis de Tocqueville, Polybius, Suetonius, and Thomas Kuhn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 59 BC, Livy ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 17, Livy ranks 2. Before him is Ovid. After him are Gaius Julius Hyginus, Thusnelda, Archelaus of Cappadocia, and Antiochus III of Commagene.

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    Livy

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    59 BC - 17

    HPI: 81.96

    Rank: 1

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Livy ranks 135 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Innocent VIII (1432), Marie de' Medici (1575), Pope Alexander VIII (1610), Pope Innocent XII (1615), Pope Julius III (1487), and Tintoretto (1518). After him are Pope Gregory VII (1020), Pope Alexander VII (1599), Pope Marcellus II (1501), Pope Formosus (816), Pope Paul IV (1476), and Lucius Verus (130).

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Among HISTORIANS In Italy

Among historians born in Italy, Livy ranks 1. After him are Diodorus Siculus (-90), Suetonius (70), Leonardo Bruni (1370), Marcus Velleius Paterculus (-19), Poggio Bracciolini (1380), Francesco Guicciardini (1483), Euhemerus (-330), Carlo Ginzburg (1939), Timaeus (-350), Flavio Biondo (1388), and Tyrannius Rufinus (345).

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