![]() ![]() ![]() The work covers the period from the legends concerning the arrival of Aeneas and the refugees from the fall of Troy, to the city's founding in 753 BC, the expulsion of the Kings in 509 BC, and down to Livy's own time, during the reign of the emperor Augustus. The work called Ab urbe condita (English: From the Founding of the City), sometimes referred to as Ab urbe condita libri ( Books from the Founding of the City), is a monumental history of ancient Rome, written in Latin between 27 and 9 BC by Livy, a Roman historian. The national aquila (eagle) is portrayed. Small animals denote the wildness of the place. Father Tiber looks on at the lower right while the national lupa ( wolf) nourishes Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome. ![]() Stories from Livy I.4, on an altar panel from Ostia. ![]()
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