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Welcome to Livy's Love Graphics, in memory of my sweet angel, Olivia Katherine Cartagena-King . When my Livy died, my heart broke into two. I set out on the web to find the most special graphics for her memorial, only to find a great disappointment. While I came across many wonderful graphic sites, it seemed nothing was good enough for my Livy. That is when I decided with years of graphic practice to make my own graphics for Livy's memorial site. After many tries her graphics turned out prefect. I know as a mother of an angel, how important finding the right graphics for your memorial is. That is why it is my heart's desire to help you in anyway make your child's memory live on forever by offering not only graphic sets to parents of angels, yet also custom graphics and memorials. Even for fathers, grandparents, sisters, brothers, mothers and friends. So what ever your graphic needs are...You are in the right place. Feel free to email me at any time, I will answer as soon as possible to fill your needs. We are just in the process of building our site, please come back often for updates, new things will be added daily!

22. Chlup: On Jaeger: Livy's Written Rome livy enthusiasts have been fortunate that there has been a substantial rise of interest in their author in the last few years and many major works of http://www.dur.ac.uk/Classics/histos/1998/chlup.html

James T. Chlup Review of Mary Jaeger, Livy's Written Rome University of Michigan Press (Ann Arbor, 1997). xii+205pp. Livy enthusiasts have been fortunate that there has been a substantial rise of interest in their author in the last few years and many major works of scholarship on the historian have been produced. Mary Jaeger's book builds particularly upon the recent interest in the relationship between Latin literature and the city of Rome - how a literary text represents "spaces" such as fora, roads, buildings, temples, even people, and explores or "transgresses" these "spaces". One recently influential volume to explore this relationship is Catharine Edward's Writing Rome (Cambridge, 1995), in which, to the satisfaction of the Livy scholar, Edwards devotes an appreciable amount of attention to Livy. But Jaeger, already well established in her own right as one of the exciting new generation of Livian scholars, now goes one better and gives us a Livy-only treatment of the relationship. Starting on page 7 she defines the book's argument: "this book examines Livy's use of the Roman world, particularly the city of Rome, as one of his primary organising devices", and continues on page 8: "accordingly, this book is concerned with the representation of space, monuments and memory in the Ab Urbe Condita as a spatial entity, a monument, and a lengthy act of remembering". As far as the Roman world as Livy's main organisational device for the history is concerned, Jaeger is of course correct. Previous to this argument she points out that "books, pentads, and decades of his narrative correspond to [Roman] historical epochs" (6). She is again correct, but this latter statement is more or less obvious: Livy is writing a Roman history with Romans as the central characters and with Romans as the intended readers. Therefore, the tendency of the Roman reader to consider himself to be at the centre of the world (as Jaeger notes on page 9) and of a Roman world-history is understandable. Jaeger is also correct in seeing the

23. Selections From Livy, U. Of Sask. Selections from livy, Books 1 and 2 Lewis Stiles, translator. Notice This translation is the copyrighted property of the author and should not be http://homepage.usask.ca/~jrp638/DeptTransls/Livy.html

To Home Page To Translations Menu Selections from Livy, Books 1 and 2 Lewis Stiles, translator Notice: NOTE: This translation is intentionally literal; violence is occasionally done to English syntax in the interests of preserving some of the original order of thoughts (especially in the preface). [] - enclose words added for sense Preface Book 1 (selections) Book 2 (selections) Preface. However it will be, it will help nevertheless that I have myself considered the memory of the public deeds accomplished by the first People of all the lands to the best of my ability; and if in such a great crowd of writers my fame becomes obscure, with the nobility and greatness of those who eclipse my name I should console myself. The matter is, moreover, one of immense work, that over a seven hundred year period it be found out, and because having started from tiny beginnings it [the state] has grown to such an extent that now under its own greatness it labours. On the other hand, also, for most readers I do not doubt but that the first origins and the matters nearest to those origins will furnish less enjoyment as they hurry on to those new matters by which a long pre-eminent People's strength is itself destroying itself. I myself, on the contrary, will seek this reward also for my labor: that from the contemplation of those evils which our age saw through so many years, for as long surely as I seek again those ancient times in my mind, I will avert myself, free from all care which in the mind of a writer, even if it does not turn him from the truth, nevertheless can cause him trouble.

24. Spectacle And Society In Livy's History Spectacle and Society in livy s History. Berkeley University of California Press, c1998. http//ark.cdlib.org/ark/13030/ft1g500491/ http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft1g500491/

Home Search Browse About Us ... Help Spectacle and Society in Livy's History Andrew Feldherr Suggested citation: Feldherr, Andrew.  Spectacle and Society in Livy's History.  Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c1998. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft1g500491/ Contents Preface and Acknowledgments 1. Vision and Authority in Livy’s Narrative 2. Historian and Imperator 3. Duels and Devotiones ... Comments? Questions? University of California Press eScholarship Editions are published by eScholarship , the California Digital Library © 2003 The Regents of the University of California

25. The Baldwin Project: Stories From Livy By Alfred J. Church Stories From livy by Alfred J. Church. Classics to Today s Children @mainlesson.com. Search This Site Only. Stories From livy by Alfred J. Church http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=church&book=livy&story=_contents

26. Author:Livy - Wikisource Retrieved from http//en.wikisource.org/wiki/Authorlivy . Categories AuthorsL 59 BCE births 17 deaths Ancient authors Ancient Roman authors http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Livy

Author:Livy From Wikisource Jump to: navigation search Author Index: L Titus Livius (59 BCE–17) See also biography media quotes Titus Livius edit Works From the Founding of the City edit External The Periochae : an epitome of From the Founding of the City, translated by Jona Lendering edit See also Discourses on Livy by Niccol² Machiavelli Retrieved from " http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Livy Categories Authors-L 59 BCE births ... Ancient historians Views Author Discussion Edit History Personal tools Log in / create account Navigation Main Page Community portal Central discussion Recent changes ... Donate Search Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages ... Permanent link In other languages Fran§ais Latina Nederlands This page was last modified 00:35, 13 January 2008. Content is available under the GNU Free Documentation License About Wikisource

27. Machiavelli, Niccolo: Discourses On Livy Machiavelli, Niccolo Discourses on livy, university press books, shopping cart, new release notification. http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/13040.ctl

Search: The University of Chicago Press Home Shopping Cart Our books: New general books New releases by subject Subject catalogs Complete index ... More search options News: Publicity blog Email notification RSS feeds Also @ Chicago: Information pages Distributed publishers Chicago Manual of Style Web site ... Chicago Digital Distribution Center or Print an order form Discourses on Livy . Translated by Harvey C. Mansfield and Nathan Tarcov. 424 p. 6 x 9 1995 Paper $18.00sp ISBN: 978-0-226-50036-2 (ISBN-10: 0-226-50036-5) Spring 1998 Discourses on Livy is the founding document of modern republicanism, and Harvey C. Mansfield and Nathan Tarcov have provided the definitive English translation of this classic work. Faithful to the original Italian text, properly attentive to Machiavelli's idiom and subtlety of thought, it is eminently readable. With a substantial introduction, extensive explanatory notes, a glossary of key words, and an annotated index, the Discourses reveals Machiavelli's radical vision of a new science of politics, a vision of "new modes and orders" that continue to shape the modern ethos. "[Machiavelli] found in Livy the means to inspire scholars for five centuries. Within the

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29. Spectacle And Society In Livy's History The historian livy (c. 60 B.C.E.17 C.E.), who provides our fullest description of Rome s early history, presents his account of the growth of the Roman http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/7089.php

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30. Livy And Roman History TITUS livy AND ROMAN HISTORY WRITING (Gochberg, pp. 384402) (2) Roman history is (for livy) therapeutic. -escapist (turn his psychological back on http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/livyhist.html

TITUS LIVY AND ROMAN HISTORY WRITING (Gochberg, pp. 384-402) (1) Roman history is diagnostic (medical metaphor) (2) Roman history is (for Livy) therapeutic: -escapist (turn his psychological back on modern troubles) -self-protective (avoid trouble of writing of today and possibly offending politicians [especially Young Caesar]) (3) Roman history is culturally imperialistic: Rome is top nation (chauvinistic). -As top nation Rome deserves to have its myths and have them respected: this extends in fact to Rome's gods and political heroes. Julius Caesar had been named a god of the Roman state pantheon as of January 1, 42 B.C. The young Caesar (Augustus) became the living god of Egypt on the death of Cleopatra in August of 30 B.C., and was invited to accept the status of Greek (divine) hero in several cities in Greek Asia Minor (Turkey). (4) Roman history is military history (imperialistic): -The object of politics is holding public office. -One holds public office in order to get a major military command. -One wants a military command for money and glory.

31. Growing Together With Maddy And Livy livytoy.jpg Little copycat came to me with one of her baby mirror yesterday “pink”, “blue”, “spots” as she pointed to the colors she saw. http://www.cheninfo.com/maddychen/blog/

Growing Together with Maddy and Livy A mothering journey with my two beautiful girls The crazy baby Posted in Life with my girls at 9:07 pm by tina We went to a park today. Again, the little girl started to walk away from the playground. Livy: turned and gave me a smirk.. kept walking. Permalink 1 Comment First Love Letter Posted in Maddy at 8:45 pm by tina Me: Oh yea, can I see it? J: Sure It reads Love, After I tugged Livy in and came back to check on Maddy, she has her letter done: It reads Permalink 1 Comment Almost two Posted in Livy at 9:01 pm by tina You had your egg hunt for the first time in school. You made sure that you opened each egg by youself and insisted on spreading all the stickers on the floor. There is some sort of magic about you, all wrapped up in that little body. Permalink 1 Comment Easter Program 2008 in school Posted in Maddy at 11:01 pm by tina K2 class had a nice program in school today. The girl is a bit shy as usual, but I thought she did a lovely job: The Chicken Dance The Butterfly Song You are My Sunshine Permalink ... Blind leads blind Posted in Life with my girls at 10:50 pm by tina Blind leads blind in Chinese Permalink 1 Comment Kindergarten Orientation Posted in Maddy Parenting at 9:52 pm by tina I went to Maddy’s kindergarten orientation the other day. It was wonderful. The principle/assist. Principle as well as the whole kindergarten staff took turn going over the materials.

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THE MOST EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF QUOTATIONS ON THE INTERNET Home Biographical Index Reading List Search ... Authors by Date TOPICS: A B C D ... Z PEOPLE: A B C D ... Z TITUS LIVY Roman historian (59 BC - 17 AD) CHECK READING LIST (1) Displaying page 1 of 3 A person under the firm persuasion that he can command resources virtually has them. Self-reliance Avarice and luxury, those pests which have ever been the ruin of every great state. Luxury Bad beginnings, bad endings. Proverbs By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities. Proverbs Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others. Proverbs False shame only is harmful. Shame Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words. Proverbs Great contests generally excite great animosities. Contention In general, treachery, though at first sufficiently cautious, yet in the end betrays itself. Treachery My sun has not yet set for ever. Proverbs No wickedness has any ground of reason. Wickedness Nothing moves more quickly than scandal. Proverbs Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.

33. Livy - Wikiquote Titus Livius (around 59 BC 17 AD), known as livy in English, wrote a monumental history of Rome, Ab Urbe Condita, from its founding (traditionally dated http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Livy

Livy From Wikiquote Jump to: navigation search He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse. Titus Livius (around 59 BC AD), known as Livy in English, wrote a monumental history of Rome, Ab Urbe Condita , from its founding (traditionally dated to 753 BC) through the reign of Augustus. Contents Sourced Histories Unsourced External link ... edit Sourced Aetolos Acarnanas Macedonas, eiusdem linguae homines, leues ad tempus ortae causae diiungunt coniunguntque: cum alienigenis, cum barbaris aeternum omnibus Graecis bellum est eritque; natura enim, quae perpetua est, non mutabilibus in diem causis hostes sunt... Translation: The Aitolians, the Akarnanians, the Macedonians, men of the same speech, are united or disunited by trivial causes that arise from time to time; with aliens, with barbarians, all Greeks wage and will wage eternal war; for they are enemies by the will of nature, which is eternal, and not from reasons that change from day to day... Liber XXXI, 29, 15

34. Fifteenth Century Manuscript Of Livy Glasgow University Library Special Collections Fifteenth Century Manuscript Book of livy. http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/month/oct2005.html

Special Collections Library Home Special Collections Catalogues Main Library ... Course Material GLASGOW UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT Book of the Month October Third Decade of the History Livy Milan: c.1450 MS Hunter 370 (V.1.7) Our October 'Book of the Month' is a fifteenth-century illuminated manuscript. The text is a classical work by the Roman writer Livy who began writing his History of Rome over two thousand years ago. This manuscript copy is unusual because, at this time, humanist copies of Livy were not normally illustrated. Moreover, the illustrations in this volume are exceptionally beautiful. Book One: detail of initial letter showing Battle of the River Trebia (folio 1r The author: Titus Livius (Livy) was born in Patavium (modern Padua) in the north of Italy in 59BC. He died in AD17. He began writing his History of Rome when he was about 30 years old, in around 29BC. Unfortunately, the majority of Livy's writing has not survived. What remains, including summaries written by later authors, indicates that the History was an extensive work. It spanned nearly 800 years from the foundation of the city of Rome (753BC) to the death of Cicero (43BC) with a summary covering events down to 9BC. The volume featured here comprises what is known as the 'Third Decade' of the History and deals with the period of the Second Punic War (218-201BC). As Livy describes it, "...the story of the most memorable war in history: that, namely, which was fought by Carthage under the leadership of Hannibal against Rome." It includes the journey of Hannibal's army across the Alps with war elephants, the siege and fall of cities and battles in Italy, Spain and Africa. The final battle of this period, the Battle of Zama, resulted in Hannibal's defeat by the Roman general, Publius Cornelius Scipio (Scipio Africanus).

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Online Encyclopedia Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition. LIVY [Thus L1v1us] (59 B.C.—A.D: 17) Online Encyclopedia Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 823 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica. Make a correction to this article. Add information or comments to this article. Encyclopedia Home LEO-LOB Spread the word: del.icio.us it! See also: LIVY [Thus L1v1us] (59 B.C.—A.D: 17) LIVY [Thus L1v1us] (59 B.C.—A.D: 17) See also: ROMAN Roman historian was See also: BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791) born at See also: PATAVIUM (mod. Padova, Eng. Padua, q.v.) Patavium See also: PADUA (Lat. Patavium ; Ital. Padova) Padua ) . The See also: ANCIENT ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before) ancient connexion between his native See also: CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas) city and See also: ROME ROME (Roma) Rome helped to turn his See also: ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ") attention to the study which became the See also: WORK work of his See also: LIFE life . For Padua claimed, like Rome, a Trojan origin, and

36. Livy - Definition Of Livy At YourDictionary livy definition, words related to livy, proper usage and pronunciation of the word livy from YourDictionary.com. http://www.yourdictionary.com/livy

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38. UNIT II - LIVY Several minor Roman historians wrote summaries, called epitomes, of livy s entire work and it is through these summaries that some idea of the content of http://www.holycross.edu/departments/classics/wziobro/Readings/UnitXII.htm

UNIT XV LIVY Titus Livius (59 B.C. - A.D.17) was born in Patavium, modern day Padua, and spent much of his adult life there as well as in Rome, where, along with Virgil and Horace, he was a member of Augustus Caesar's literary circle. Little else is known of his personal life other than that his earliest literary attempts were philosophical dialogues. His most famous work is his very lengthy history of Rome, ab urbe condita libri. This work was truly a labor of love; it took him forty years to write and, when finished, it consisted of one hundred and forty two books, of which only thirty five have survived. Several minor Roman historians wrote summaries, called epitomes, of Livy's entire work and it is through these summaries that some idea of the content of the missing books is known. Livy's history begins with the mythological founding of Rome and concludes with the death of Drusus in 9 B.C. The work is not always free of factual error, but the story which Livy tells is one of captivating drama and interesting characters, some real and some fictitious, several of whom became common place names in the literature of early America. Among these are Romulus, Tarquin, Brutus, Cincinnatus, Lucretia and Hannibal. Livy's motivation in writing his history was more ambitious than just telling an interesting story of those events which were well known to his fellow Romans. His intent was to capture in words the meaning of the virtues of patriotism, bravery and personal sacrifice in early Rome's history and to describe the high moral tenor which existed when that city state was a republic. In the preface of his work, Livy clearly placed these intentions before the eyes of his reader:

39. Livy - Hutchinson Encyclopedia Article About Livy Hutchinson encyclopedia article about livy. livy. Information about livy in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Livy

Domain='thefreedictionary.com' word='Livy';WordListHost='w3.thefreedictionary.com' Printer Friendly 849,234,701 visitors served. TheFreeDictionary Google Word / Article Starts with Ends with Text subscription: Dictionary/ thesaurus Medical dictionary Legal dictionary Financial dictionary Acronyms Idioms Encyclopedia Wikipedia encyclopedia Hutchinson encyclopedia Livy Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus Encyclopedia Wikipedia 0.06 sec. write_ads(AdsNum, 0) Livy (59 BC AD Roman historian. He was the author of a History of Rome from the city's foundation to 9 BC , based partly on legend. It was composed of 142 books, of which 35 survive, covering the periods from the arrival of Aeneas in Italy to 293 BC and from 218 to 167 BC hut(2) write_ads(AdsNum, 0) Page tools Printer friendly Cite / link Email Feedback Sign in Email: Password: Register Your Ad Here Mentioned in References in classic literature Cato, Marcus Porcius history Holland, Philemon Latin literature ... Rape of Lucretia, The For so Livy (after he had described Cato Major in these words, In illo viro tantum robur corporis et animi fuit, ut quocunque loco natus esset, fortunam sibi facturus videretur) falleth upon that, that he had versatile ingenium. The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis

40. Archaeolog: Hannibal's Engineers And Livy (XXI.36-7) On Burned Rock - Truth Or L Many have commented on livy s famous passage (Hist. XXI.367) where he describes Hannibal s engineers surmounting a large rock blockage on the Italian http://traumwerk.stanford.edu/archaeolog/2007/06/hannibals_engineers_and_livy_o.

Archaeolog Archaeography Photoblog Categories Want To Contribute? Guidelines for Contributors abjection actor-network-theory ... Main Hannibal's Engineers and Livy (XXI.36-7) on Burned Rock - Truth or Legend? Posted by Patrick Hunt Many have commented on Livy's famous passage ( Hist. XXI.36-7) where he describes Hannibal's engineers surmounting a large rock blockage on the Italian descent of the Alps, including the late great French archaeologist Serge Lancel (Lancel, 1998:78-9) and our History Channel team 2006 production (June-November, 2006). According to Livy, and repeated in Ammianus Marcellinus (de Sanctis, 1917:77 ff), the ancient engineers poured boiling vinegar on the rocks to facilitate their massive cracking along with burning the rocks by a fire underneath them, after which they were able to remove sufficient rock to pass by. One immediate problem with this story - as Lancel affirmed - is that it is not repeated in Polybius, the more credible source, who also describes Hannibal's engineers removing blocked rock after an avalanche (Polybius, Hist . III.54.5-55.1) but without this colorful detail of vinegar and burning rock. Polybius is so trustworthy on topographic detail it is surprising his text has such a lacuna if the story is true. Classics Department http://www.patrickhunt.net

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