Titus Livius (traditionally 59 BC – AD 17), known as Livy in English, was a Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, Ab Urbe Condita, from before the foundation of the city (traditionally dated to 753 BC) through to the reign of Augustus in Livy's own time. Life and works Livy was a native of Patavium, the modern Padua. The title of his most famous work, Ab Urbe condita ("From the City having been founded"), expresses the scope and magnitude of Livy's un… (More on Livy)