Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita
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Livy’s *Ab Urbe Condita* is a monumental multi-volume history of Rome written in Latin, tracing the city’s legendary founding through the early empire and shaping later European views of Roman history and virtue.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita Context triple: [The Oath of the Horatii, basedOn, Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita]
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Livy
Livy was a renowned Roman historian best known for his monumental work "Ab Urbe Condita," which chronicled the history of Rome from its legendary founding through his own time.
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Livy
Livy was the affectionate nickname of Olivia Langdon Clemens, the wife of American author Mark Twain and an important influence on his life and work.
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Polybius’ Histories
Polybius’ *Histories* is a multi-volume work of ancient Greek historiography that analyzes how Rome rose to Mediterranean dominance in the Hellenistic period through a critical, eyewitness-based narrative.
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Appian’s Roman History
Appian’s Roman History is a multi-volume historical work by the ancient Greek historian Appian that chronicles the rise and conflicts of the Roman Republic, including its wars with Carthage and the career of Hannibal.
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Zosimus' "New History"
Zosimus' "New History" is a late antique Greek historical work that offers a pagan, critical account of the Roman Empire’s decline, including a detailed narrative of the Sack of Rome in 410.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita Target entity description: Livy’s *Ab Urbe Condita* is a monumental multi-volume history of Rome written in Latin, tracing the city’s legendary founding through the early empire and shaping later European views of Roman history and virtue.
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A.
Livy
Livy was a renowned Roman historian best known for his monumental work "Ab Urbe Condita," which chronicled the history of Rome from its legendary founding through his own time.
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B.
Livy
Livy was the affectionate nickname of Olivia Langdon Clemens, the wife of American author Mark Twain and an important influence on his life and work.
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C.
Polybius’ Histories
Polybius’ *Histories* is a multi-volume work of ancient Greek historiography that analyzes how Rome rose to Mediterranean dominance in the Hellenistic period through a critical, eyewitness-based narrative.
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D.
Appian’s Roman History
Appian’s Roman History is a multi-volume historical work by the ancient Greek historian Appian that chronicles the rise and conflicts of the Roman Republic, including its wars with Carthage and the career of Hannibal.
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E.
Zosimus' "New History"
Zosimus' "New History" is a late antique Greek historical work that offers a pagan, critical account of the Roman Empire’s decline, including a detailed narrative of the Sack of Rome in 410.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin prose
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Roman historiography ⓘ historical work ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Rome ⓘ |
| author | Livy ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
Roman virtue
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moral exempla ⓘ rise and decline of states ⓘ |
| coversPeriodFrom | legendary founding of Rome ⓘ |
| coversPeriodTo | early Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | none explicitly stated ⓘ |
| features |
accounts of Roman kings
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accounts of Roman wars ⓘ biographical sketches of Roman leaders ⓘ history of the Roman Republic ⓘ legendary narratives about Rome’s origins ⓘ |
| genre |
annalistic history
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history ⓘ |
| hasReception |
central text in medieval education
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major source for modern Roman history ⓘ widely read in Renaissance Europe ⓘ |
| influenced |
Renaissance humanism
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early modern political thought ⓘ later European views of Roman history ⓘ |
| intendedFunction |
moral instruction
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patriotic celebration of Rome ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Augustan age ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | continuous year-by-year narrative ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| politicalContext | reign of Augustus ⓘ |
| portraysFigure |
Augustus
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Cincinnatus ⓘ Hannibal (Carthaginian general) ⓘ
surface form:
Hannibal
Julius Caesar ⓘ Numa Pompilius ⓘ Romulus ⓘ Scipio Africanus ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | partially lost ⓘ |
| subject | history of Rome ⓘ |
| survivingPortions |
continuous books 1–10
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continuous books 21–45 ⓘ fragments of other books ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition |
early 1st century CE
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late 1st century BCE ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | From the Founding of the City ⓘ |
| usesSourceType |
archival records
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earlier Roman annalists ⓘ oral traditions ⓘ |
| writtenIn | prose ⓘ |
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Books 1–10 of Ab Urbe Condita
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Ab Urbe Condita
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Ab Urbe Condita
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Livy, Ab Urbe Condita
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Ab Urbe Condita
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Ab Urbe Condita
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Ab Urbe Condita
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Ab Urbe Condita
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writings of Livy
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Regia
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Sabines
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Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita, Book 8
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Ab Urbe Condita
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works of Livy
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Livy, Ab Urbe Condita