Titus Livius, known as Livy in the English-speaking world, was a renowned Roman historian who graced the era of classical literature with his magnum opus, 'Ab Urbe Condita Libri' ('Books from the Foundation of the City'), often referred to as 'The History of Rome.' Born in 59 BC in Patavium, now modern Padua, he lived through a period of monumental change—witnessing the fall of the Roman Republic ...