Titus Livius (59 BC-AD 17), known as Livy in English, was a Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome, Ab Urbe Condita, from its founding (traditionally dated to 753 BC) through the reign of Augustus in Livy's own time.

Titus Livius (59 BC-AD 17), known as Livy in English, was a Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome, Ab Urbe Condita, from its founding (traditionally dated to 753 BC) through the reign of Augustus in Livy's own time.

Livy's History of Rome was originally written in 142 books spanning the entire history of Roman people up to Livy's day in the time of Augustus in the first century BC ... This edition ... collects the first five books of Lyvy's history ...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.

Though the work is a bit biased, its countless references to other sources are a testament of Livy's attempt to create an accurate, understandable history of the Roman Kingdom, and, later, the Republic.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This edition of Roman History. Books I-III by Titus Livius is given by Ashed Phoenix - Million Book Edition