Latin historian whose 142 volume history of the city of Rome [Ab Urbe Condita] became a classic in his lifetime & influenced later writers of history. Only 35 volumes survive. A politically independent man of wealth, Titus Livius' writing focused on morality & character development, traits that won him the support of Augustus who invited him to tutor the young Claudius.

[Edition used: Livy. Ab Urbe Condita Book 41 (in Loeb Classical Library: Livy vol. 12) Ed. E. T. Sage & A. C. Schlesinger. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1938.]

References: Josephus, Antiquities 14.68.

Other resources on line:

• Livy - Jona  Lendering's detailed study of the historian's background, life & work. [Livius: Articles in Ancient History].

• Titus Livius: The History of Rome - Roberts' 1912 English translation of surviving volumes [Perseus Project]. 

• Titus Livius: Ab Urbe Condita - complete Latin text of surviving volumes [Perseus Project].