Roman historian discounting first class colleges (3,6)
I believe the answer is:
ivy league
'roman historian discounting first class colleges' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'roman historian discounting first class' is the wordplay.
'roman historian' becomes 'Livy' (I've seen this in another clue).
'discounting first' means to remove the first letter.
'class' becomes 'league' (I've seen this before).
'livy' with its initial letter removed is 'ivy'.
'ivy'+'league'='IVY LEAGUE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ivy league that I've seen before include "academic grouping" , "Brown is one of its members" , "Group of eight leading US universities" , "Group of US colleges with prestigious reputations" , "Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton and Yale" .)