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1. Francesco Petrarca

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   Francesco Petrarca (20 July 1304 – 19 July 1374), often anglicized as Petrarch, was an Italian scholar and poet of the early Italian Renaissance. Born in Arezzo, Tuscany, to Petracco di Ser Parenzo, a notary, Petrarca spent his formative years in Avignon, France, following his father's exile from Florence due to political complications related to the White Guelphs exile. His early education was directed toward the study of law, first at Montpellier and later at Bologna, though his true passion lay with [classical antiquity](/entries/classical…

2. Livy

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   Livy was born in Patavium (modern Padua) in the region of Venetia, a fact sometimes cited by ancient critics as evidence for a subtle provincial strain in his Latin, though this is generally refuted by modern philology. He moved to Rome during the reign of Augustus, where he spent the majority of his literary career.
   Livy benefited significantly from the Augustan patronage system, aligning himself closely with the new regime. While he was not a court historian in the manner of Virgil or [Hora…