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It is hard to say where we as a modern culture, now in the twentieth century, would be if it were not for the Roman civilization. The influence of Rome shaped the culture of the European continent to a huge extent and thusly added to the shape of our own culture ....

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.... years of Livy's education was spent focused on the study of rhetoric and philosophy. Livy was never closely involved with the literary world of Rome, the poets 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 mu ....