59 BC - 17
Titus Livius (Latin: [ˈtɪtʊs ˈliːwiʊs]; 59 BC – AD 17), known in English as Livy ( LIV-ee), was a Roman historian. He wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, titled Ab Urbe Condita, ''From the Founding of the City'', covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditional founding in 753 BC through the reign of Augustus in Livy's own lifetime. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Livy has received more than 1,602,521 page views. His biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2019). Livy is the 6th most popular historian, the 75th most popular biography from Italy (down from 63rd in 2019) and the most popular Italian Historian.
Livy is most famous for his history of Rome.
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Among historians, Livy ranks 6 out of 339. Before him are Herodotus, Ibn Khaldun, Thucydides, Xenophon, and Tacitus. After him are Sima Qian, Josephus, Polybius, Suetonius, Alexis de Tocqueville, and Diodorus Siculus.
484 BC - 425 BC
HPI: 89.51
Rank: 1
1332 - 1406
HPI: 80.75
Rank: 2
460 BC - 397 BC
HPI: 80.13
Rank: 3
430 BC - 354 BC
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 4
54 - 120
HPI: 78.34
Rank: 5
59 BC - 17
HPI: 78.27
Rank: 6
145 BC - 86 BC
HPI: 77.97
Rank: 7
37 - 100
HPI: 77.56
Rank: 8
208 BC - 126 BC
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 9
70 - 126
HPI: 74.53
Rank: 10
1805 - 1859
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 11
90 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 12
Among people born in 59 BC, Livy ranks 1. Among people deceased in 17, Livy ranks 2. Before him is Ovid. After him are Gaius Julius Hyginus, Thusnelda, Archelaus of Cappadocia, and Antiochus III of Commagene.
43 BC - 17
HPI: 84.24
Rank: 1
59 BC - 17
HPI: 78.27
Rank: 2
64 BC - 17
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 3
100 BC - 17
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 4
50 BC - 17
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 5
100 BC - 17
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 6
Among people born in Italy, Livy ranks 75 out of 4,668. Before him are Pope Pius XI (1857), Saint Valentine (226), Pope Sylvester I (300), Amedeo Modigliani (1884), Pope Gregory XIII (1502), and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194). After him are Giorgio Vasari (1511), Pope Julius II (1443), Marcus Licinius Crassus (-115), Ennio Morricone (1928), Pope Gregory VII (1020), and Pope Pius IX (1792).
1857 - 1939
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 69
226 - 273
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 70
300 - 335
HPI: 78.52
Rank: 71
1884 - 1920
HPI: 78.41
Rank: 72
1502 - 1585
HPI: 78.39
Rank: 73
1194 - 1250
HPI: 78.31
Rank: 74
59 BC - 17
HPI: 78.27
Rank: 75
1511 - 1574
HPI: 78.27
Rank: 76
1443 - 1513
HPI: 78.25
Rank: 77
115 BC - 53 BC
HPI: 78.18
Rank: 78
1928 - 2020
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 79
1020 - 1085
HPI: 78.12
Rank: 80
1792 - 1878
HPI: 78.08
Rank: 81
Among historians born in Italy, Livy ranks 1. After him are Suetonius (70), Diodorus Siculus (-90), Leonardo Bruni (1370), Poggio Bracciolini (1380), Marcus Velleius Paterculus (-19), Euhemerus (-330), Francesco Guicciardini (1483), Carlo Ginzburg (1939), Timaeus (-350), Flavio Biondo (1388), and Tyrannius Rufinus (345).
59 BC - 17
HPI: 78.27
Rank: 1
70 - 126
HPI: 74.53
Rank: 2
90 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 3
1370 - 1444
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 4
1380 - 1459
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 5
19 BC - 31
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 6
330 BC - 250 BC
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 7
1483 - 1540
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 8
1939 - Present
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 9
350 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 10
1388 - 1463
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 11
345 - 411
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 12