Giovanni Pontano, Actius, printed in Artis Historicae Penus (Basel, 1579), I, 569, quoted in Peter Burke, 'A Survey of the Popularity of Ancient Historians, 1450–1700', History and Theory, Vol. 5, No. 2 (1966), p. 146
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There has been no one since Livy who has made the trumpet utter its terrible sound in military operations.
— Giovanni Pontano
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About Livy
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 to 753 BC) through the reign of Augustus.
About Livy
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 to 753 BC) through the reign of Augustus.
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