(January 20, 2010 at 4:57 pm)chatpilot Wrote: "Do we have any original documents of Livy? If not, how old are the earliest?"
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If this is your question then yes we do have some original documents of Livy.
Livy
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Livy (Titus Livius) , 59 BC-AD 17, Roman historian, b. Patavium (Padua), probably of noble family. He lived most of his life in Rome. The breadth of his education is apparent in his evident familiarity with the ancient Greek and Latin authors. His life work was the History of Rome from its founding in 753 BC The narrative comes to an end with Drusus (9 BC). Of the original 142 books of the work (published in sections) 35 are extant (Books I-X, XXI-XLV).
If you want to read more here is the link: http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Livy.aspx
See, it is not really that hard to answer a strait forward question.
(January 20, 2010 at 4:57 pm)chatpilot Wrote: That is more than I can say for the entire N.T. gospels
Maybe so. Why do you suppose then there are many Biblical scholars who think that the history portrayed in the NT is accurate?
