Birth at Patavium
· Patavium (modern Padua), Italy
Wikimedia Commons · CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication · file Livy was born in Patavium, the prosperous northern Italian city now called Padua. This is the traditional date reported by the principal biographical tradition. The source qualifies the year as probable; ancient manuscript traditions also preserve a competing birth year of 57 BC.
