Livy's Historical Approach

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or the partons of the arts. Livy in his time wrote a total of 142 books, many of which have been lost, and most of his later books are known only by summaries.
The history of Rome, which was compiled by Livy in the height of the Roman civilization takes a look at the past achievements of his great civilization. Although a historian, Livy did not take an objective view towards the history of Rome.
There is not a lot to be known about the man himself; it is assumed though that he must have had some kind of independent fortune because he was not dependant on official patronage. Being not sponsored by someone with any political favours would lead to the belief that Livy would not have to endure censorship, thus leaving him with open opportunity to construct the past with objectiveness and impunity, this was not the case though.
Livy held very high moral standards and thought that the degrading state of the Roman Empire was due mainly on the low standard of morals possessed ...

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