And, though he belonged to the austere circle of Persius, he did not disdain to sing in tragic costume, at a festival of immemorial antiquity, in his native patavium.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
In patavium, Caius Cornelius, a man who had reputation for his skill in divination, a fellow-citizen and acquaintance of Livius the historian, happened to be sitting that day to watch the birds.
"Plutarch's Lives Volume III."
Plutarch
There is no reason to suppose from this that Livy's birthplace was not patavium itself, but a village Aponus, which is nowhere mentioned.
"The Student's Companion to Latin Authors"
George Middleton Thomas R. Mills