This above all makes history useful and desirable: it unfol… - Titus Livius

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This above all makes history useful and desirable: it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.

Titus Livius

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Titus Livius (around 59 BC – 17 AD), known as Livy in English, wrote a monumental history of Rome, Ab Urbe Condita, from its founding (traditionally dated to 753 BC) through the reign of Augustus.

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Alternative Names: Livy • Titus Livius Patavinus • Liv.

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