person
Titus Livius
Livy
also: Titus Livius, T. Livius
Livy (59 BC–AD 17), the Roman historian; Seneca quotes and disputes his phrase 'a man of great rather than good genius.'
Reading notes
- On Benefits §7.6.1 Titus Livius
Livy (59 BC – AD 17), the historian; he could 'buy his own books' from the bookseller, since author and buyer own them in different ways.
- On Anger §1.20 Titus Livius
Livy (59 BC–AD 17), the historian; Seneca disputes his phrase 'a man of great rather than good genius,' holding that true greatness cannot be separated from goodness.
- On Tranquility of Mind §9.5 Livy
Titus Livius (59 BC--AD 17), the Roman historian, here cited as having praised the Alexandrian Library as a work of royal taste.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §5.46.1 Titus Livius
Livy (59 BC – AD 17), the great historian of Rome; cited with Epicurus as a model of a clear, fluent prose style — the standard by which Seneca measures Lucilius's book.
- Natural Questions §5.16.4 Livy
Titus Livius (59 BC–AD 17), the historian; cited for naming the wind Vulturnus at Cannae.