Livy Ab Urbe Condita: 142 Books, Only 35 Survive Lookup
Bounded offline reference: Livys Ab urbe condita comprised 142 books;35 survive substantially as books1–10 and 21–45, with other material in summaries/fragments. Source: Livy manuscript tradition and Periochae. Survival count depends on substantially extant books, not absence of every fragment from the others. Only explicitly listed topics are supported; no complete external catalog or live corpus implied.
Description
A work's original size differs from the number of books substantially preserved.
A work's original size differs from the number of books substantially preserved.1
Livy's surviving books, summaries and fragments therefore need separate description. Use Livy Ab Urbe Condita: 142 Books, Only 35 Survive Lookup to read a supported reference-card topic.
When to use Livy Ab Urbe Condita: 142 Books, Only 35 Survive Lookup
Use Livy Ab Urbe Condita: 142 Books, Only 35 Survive Lookup to read a supported reference-card topic. Choose an exact supported token from the table, preserving punctuation and capitalization.
How to use Livy Ab Urbe Condita: 142 Books, Only 35 Survive Lookup and understand its results
- Choose an exact supported token from the table, preserving punctuation and capitalization.
- Enter Topic using the field table and validation rules below, then run the tool.
- Read Text in the Result object; interpret the units, signs, ordering and unknown-value placeholders described below.
- Read the limitations topic as well as the summary; use the reference topic to locate the underlying source. Correct unsupported tokens before rerunning.
| Input field | Meaning | Value type | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| topic | Topic | string | Required; constraints below |
Enter one of the exact supported topic tokens listed below. The implementation performs a case-sensitive own-key lookup and returns the stored text unchanged. It does not fetch the cited books, search a corpus or inspect current policy. Unsupported tokens and added whitespace are input errors. Reference entries are bibliographic pointers rather than retrieved source passages; read the limitations alongside the summary. This bounded card is not a complete reference database.
returned text = storedTable[exactSupportedToken] Use the field order, units and branch conditions described above.
| Exact supported token | Stored reference text |
|---|---|
| summary | Livys Ab urbe condita comprised 142 books;35 survive substantially as books1–10 and 21–45, with other material in summaries/fragments. |
| reference | Livy manuscript tradition and Periochae. |
| limitations | Survival count depends on substantially extant books, not absence of every fragment from the others. |
| Output field | Meaning | Value type |
|---|---|---|
| result | Object containing the named result fields below. | object |
| result.text | Stored text for the exact supported token; read summary, reference and limitations together. | string |
{
"input": {
"topic": "summary"
},
"output": {
"result": {
"text": "Livys Ab urbe condita comprised 142 books;35 survive substantially as books1–10 and 21–45, with other material in summaries/fragments."
}
}
}Limitations and assumptions
Livy's surviving books, summaries and fragments therefore need separate description. Apply the exact scope and assumptions explained above.
All listed fields require explicit values. Unexpected fields, incorrect types, nonfinite numbers and sparse arrays fail validation. Domain-specific bounds, alignments and supported tokens are explained above; extremely large inputs or outputs can also be rejected. Input errors differ from successful false results, empty match lists and unknown-evidence placeholders.
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