Livy was a Roman writer of history. His Latin name was Titus Livius.

Livy Livy 李維 was是 a Roman writer of history一位羅馬的歷史作家。His他的 Latin name拉丁名字 was是 Titus Livius Titus Livius。

He lived from 59 BC to AD 17, in the years when Rome was moving from rule by many leaders toward rule by emperors.

He他 lived from 59 BC to AD 17活在西元前59年到西元17年之間， in the years when Rome was moving from rule by many leaders toward rule by emperors正是羅馬從多人共治走向由皇帝統治的年代。

He spent a huge part of his life on one work: a very long history of Rome, from the old stories of how the city began down through later wars and public life. Though actually a lot of that work is lost now; what we still have was still enough to shape how later people wrote history — grand scenes, moral lessons, Rome as a story with a character. He is not a modern news writer checking every small fact in the way we hope to now.

He他 spent a huge part of his life on one work把人生一大部分的時間都花在一部作品上： a very long history of Rome一部非常長的羅馬史， from the old stories of how the city began down through later wars and public life從這座城市起源的古老故事一路寫到後來的戰爭和公共生活。Though actually不過其實 a lot of that work is lost now那部作品現在有很多都已經失傳了； what we still have我們現存的部分 was still enough to shape how later people wrote history仍然足以影響後人寫歷史的方式 — grand scenes宏大的場面、 moral lessons道德教訓、 Rome as a story with a character把羅馬寫成一個有性格的故事。He他 is not a modern news writer checking every small fact不是像我們現在期望的那種會查證每個小細節的新聞記者 in the way we hope to now。

You meet the name in history class and in notes on later books. It is a person’s name, always with a capital L, and English almost always uses this short form Livy rather than the full Latin.

You你 meet the name會在 history class歷史課、 and in notes on later books和後來書籍的註解裡遇到這個名字。It它 is是 a person’s name一個人名， always with a capital L L 永遠都大寫， and而且 English英文 almost always uses this short form Livy rather than the full Latin幾乎都用 Livy 這個短形式，而不是完整的拉丁文名字。