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  2. Ab urbe condita - Wikipedia

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    Celebrating the anniversary of the city became part of imperial propaganda. Claudius was the first to hold magnificent celebrations in honor of the anniversary of the city, in AD 47, [6] [7] the eight hundredth year from the founding of the city. [8] Hadrian, in AD 121, and Antoninus Pius, in AD 147 and AD 148, held similar celebrations ...

  3. History of Rome - Wikipedia

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    The traditional date for the founding of Rome is 21 April 753 BC, following M. Terentius Varro, [4] and the city and surrounding region of Latium has continued to be inhabited with little interruption since around that time. Excavations made in 2014 have revealed a wall built long before the city's official founding year.

  4. Founding of Rome - Wikipedia

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    The founding of Rome was a prehistoric event or process later greatly embellished by Roman historians and poets. Archaeological evidence indicates that Rome developed from the gradual union of several hilltop villages during the Final Bronze Age or early Iron Age .

  5. Rome - Wikipedia

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    Rome is the principal town of the Metropolitan City of Rome, operative since 1 January 2015. The Metropolitan City replaced the old provincia di Roma, which included the city's metropolitan area and extends further north until Civitavecchia. The Metropolitan City of Rome is the largest by area in Italy.

  6. History of Rome (Livy) - Wikipedia

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    The History of Rome, perhaps originally titled Annales, and frequently referred to as Ab Urbe Condita (English: From the Founding of the City), [1] is a monumental history of ancient Rome, written in Latin between 27 and 9 BC by the Roman historian Titus Livius, better known in English as "Livy".

  7. Roman historiography - Wikipedia

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    Ab urbe condita, literally "From the founding of the city", describes the Roman tradition of beginning histories at the founding of the city of Rome. In Livy's Ab Urbe Condita, much time is spent on the early history of Rome, and on the founding of the city itself. In Sallust's histories, the founding and early history of Rome is almost reduced ...