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Livy (Livius)

Livy wrote a history of Rome from the founding, Ab urbe condita. Much of it is lost, and the early books keep the old legends.

Grades 6–8. Authors and genres.

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He is a historian, not a poet of the Trojan War.

Latin words that go with this card: urbs, liber.

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