"He explained the organization (gli ordini) and described the methods of government of the Roman Republic better than anyone else."
— Livy

January 1, 1970

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Antonio Ciccarelli, dedication to Discorsi sopra Tito Livio (Rome, 1598), quoted in Peter Burke, 'A Survey of the Popularity of Ancient Historians, 1450–1700', History and Theory, Vol. 5, No. 2 (1966), p. 147