Livy

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Explicitly mentioned as containing a description of Lucius Aemilius Paulus's tour around Greece after the Battle of Pydna, including the observation that sites can be 'more impressive by report than they prove to be when actually seen'

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Referenced as 'Livy, the Roman historian' in connection with a counterfactual piece Tom wrote about what would have happened if Alexander had invaded Italy.

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Referenced via Walter Scheidel's discussion in The Escape from Rome: Livy proposed an ancient counterfactual about what would have happened if Alexander the Great had lived longer and invaded Italy — would the Romans have been conquered? Tom mentions this as another example of counterfactual thinking in ancient historiography.