Why might Livy have missed the usual Roman educational experience of studying in Greece?

Livy likely missed the traditional Roman educational experience of studying in Greece due to the severe instability and conflict that characterized the Roman world following the death of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE.1

During this period, the Civil Wars of the 40s BCE created an unsettled environment that hindered the typical practice of young, educated Romans traveling abroad for higher studies. Evidence for this absence is found in Livy’s own work; although he was widely read in Greek literature, he made translation errors that would have been unlikely had he spent significant time in Greece or attained the level of Greek proficiency common among his contemporaries who completed such studies.1