LIVY, Titus

LIVY, Titus
(59 BC–17 AD)
   The Roman historian who in his annals provides a Roman account of political relations with Etruscan cities, centered principally on military conquest and the construction of an opposing identity based on Etruscan religiosity and attitudes toward women.

Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans. .

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  • Titus Manlius Torquatus (235 BC) — Titus Manlius Torquatus, son of Titus (or Titus Manlius T.f. Torquatus), was Roman Republican consul 235 BC and 224 BC, censor 231 BC, and dictator 208 BC. Family backgroundThe Manlii were one of the oldest and most distinguished patrician gens… …   Wikipedia

  • Titus Andronicus — may be Shakespeare s earliest tragedy; it is believed to have been written sometime between 1584 and the early 1590s. It depicts a Roman general who is engaged in a cycle of revenge with his enemy Tamora, the Queen of the Goths. The play is by… …   Wikipedia

  • Titus Quinctius Flamininus — (c. 228 BC ndash; 174 BC) was a Roman politician and general instrumental in the Roman conquest of Greece.Member of the gens Quinctia, and brother to Lucius Quinctius Flamininus, he served as a military tribune in the Second Punic war and in 205… …   Wikipedia

  • Livy — Titus Livius (traditionally 59 BC ndash; AD 17 [Ronald Syme, following G. M. Hirst, has argued for 64 BC ndash;AD 12] ), known as Livy in English, was a Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome, Ab Urbe Condita , from its founding… …   Wikipedia

  • Titus Manlius Torquatus (consul 299 BC) — Titus Manlius T.f. Torquatus (d. 299 BC) was a patrician Roman Republican consul for 299 BC, elected along with a plebeian co consul Marcus Fulvius Cn.f. Paetinus.According to Livy (Book V: 11), Titus Manlius died of a fall from his horse, while… …   Wikipedia

  • Titus (disambiguation) — Titus is a common Roman praenomen of unknown etymology, which could refer to any of the following: Historical or living persons * St. Titus, fellow worker with St. Paul of Tarsus and pastor of the first Christian church in Crete at Gortyn ** The… …   Wikipedia

  • Titus Veturius Calvinus — was a Roman statesman and consul during the Second Samnite War. His father, Titus Veturius Cavinus, was consul in 334 BC.As consul in 321, Calvinus and the other consul, Spurius Postumius Albinus, were defeated by the Samnites at the Battle of… …   Wikipedia

  • Titus Livius — (* wohl 59 v. Chr. in Patavium, dem heutigen Padua; † um 17 n. Chr. ebenda) war ein römischer Geschichtsschreiber zur Zeit des Augustus. Bei Quellenangaben wird sein Geschichtswerk mit der Angabe Liv. zitiert. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Livy — [liv′ē] (L. name Titus Livius) 59 B.C. A.D. 17; Rom. historian …   English World dictionary

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