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Velleius Paterculus (ca. 19 B.C. - ca. A.D. 30), wrote a universal history from the end of the Trojan War to the death of Livia in A.D. 29. Velleius Paterculus was a supporter of Augustus whose writing shows the ideology of the age of Augustus and Tiberius. He included many portraits of famous Romans. A codex of the work of Velleius Paterculus was discovered late in the Renaissance -- in 1515. The URL for this feature is http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_velleiuspaterculus.htm Velleius Paterculus This feature is © 2003 N.S. Gill.
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