Titus Livius
A good amount of information about Rome, and what happened inside came from the ancient Roman historian named Titus Livius, otherwise known as Livy. Livy was born around 60 B.C. and he was from the town of Patavium. Almost nothing is known about Livy's early life, but it is known that he moved to Rome while Augustus was in charge.
When Livy got to Rome, he began by writing and publishing five books at a time. the length of each book was determined by the size of the role of papyrus in which he was writing on. Eventually, Livy gave up that system, and just started writing. He ended up with a total of 142 books, averaging at about three per year. We only have a few still readable today.
Livy was unlike many historians in a very interesting way: he did not care for politics. This meant that he was not a member of the Senate. This gave him almost no experience on how the Roman government worked. He also spent no time in the military, which most people consider a crime. Livy's was a full time historian
The general population criticized Livy of being just a writer and not a true Historian and academic. He wrote with very few details, and he had very little knowledge on Geography. He also just used whatever source was available at the time he was writing.
Many years after Livy died in 17 A.D, he was still not considered one of the greatest historians of all time, even though his works gave large amounts of information about Rome, and people were left to wonder what we would now know if more of his books had survived.
A good amount of information about Rome, and what happened inside came from the ancient Roman historian named Titus Livius, otherwise known as Livy. Livy was born around 60 B.C. and he was from the town of Patavium. Almost nothing is known about Livy's early life, but it is known that he moved to Rome while Augustus was in charge.
When Livy got to Rome, he began by writing and publishing five books at a time. the length of each book was determined by the size of the role of papyrus in which he was writing on. Eventually, Livy gave up that system, and just started writing. He ended up with a total of 142 books, averaging at about three per year. We only have a few still readable today.
Livy was unlike many historians in a very interesting way: he did not care for politics. This meant that he was not a member of the Senate. This gave him almost no experience on how the Roman government worked. He also spent no time in the military, which most people consider a crime. Livy's was a full time historian
The general population criticized Livy of being just a writer and not a true Historian and academic. He wrote with very few details, and he had very little knowledge on Geography. He also just used whatever source was available at the time he was writing.
Many years after Livy died in 17 A.D, he was still not considered one of the greatest historians of all time, even though his works gave large amounts of information about Rome, and people were left to wonder what we would now know if more of his books had survived.