History of Rome
Livy's monumental history of Rome, referenced by Jerome as so famous that it drew visitors from Spain and Gaul.
Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship
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II. JEROME TO PAULINUS.
— Jerome cites Livy as an example of a learned man whose fame drew seekers from the ends of the world
"We read that certain nobles came from the farthest borders of Spain and Gaul to Titus Livius, flowing with the milky fountain of eloquence"
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ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES.
— Lacordaire invokes Livy as a product of dying Rome's greatness
"it was Rome that produced Livy before dying"