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Livy

59 BC - 17

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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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  • 78.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 82

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Livy ranks 6 out of 339Before him are Herodotus, Ibn Khaldun, Thucydides, Xenophon, and Tacitus. After him are Sima Qian, Josephus, Polybius, Suetonius, Alexis de Tocqueville, and Diodorus Siculus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 59 BC, Livy ranks 1 Among people deceased in 17, Livy ranks 2Before him is Ovid. After him are Gaius Julius Hyginus, Thusnelda, Archelaus of Cappadocia, and Antiochus III of Commagene.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Livy ranks 75 out of 4,668Before 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).

Among HISTORIANS In Italy

Among historians born in Italy, Livy ranks 1After 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).