Excerpt from Ab Ubre Condita, Vol. 9: Edited, With Introduction and Notes Livy was born in 59 b.c. At Patavium, the chief town_ of the Veneti in North Italy, and after Rome one of the. Three most important cities in the ancient world. The year of his birth was the year which saw in Caesar's consulship the fruits of the first informal compact between Pompey, Crassus; and Caesar, and the foundations laid for Caesar's command in Gaul. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.