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Theodor Mommsen


Born
in Garding, Schleswig, Germany
November 30, 1817

Died
November 01, 1903


Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1902, for being "the greatest living master of the art of historical writing, with special reference to his monumental work, A History of Rome." ...more

Average rating: 4.11 · 992 ratings · 114 reviews · 905 distinct works • Similar authors
A History of Rome

4.40 avg rating — 249 ratings — published 1855
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The History of Rome Vol. 1-...

4.16 avg rating — 184 ratings — 53 editions
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The History of Rome, Vol 4:...

4.35 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1854 — 160 editions
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История Рима

4.11 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1854 — 7 editions
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The History of Rome, Vol 5

4.38 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1854 — 110 editions
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The Provinces of the Roman ...

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3.86 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1885 — 45 editions
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A History of Rome under the...

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3.52 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1992 — 12 editions
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Imperial Lives and Letters ...

3.83 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2000 — 10 editions
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Figuras de la historia de Roma

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Historia de Roma

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“The writer of history is perhaps closer to the artist than the scholar.”
― Theodor Mommsen

“[T]he sacred sense of right and the reverence for the law, which it is difficult to destroy in the minds of the multitude, it is still more difficult to reproduce.”
― Theodor Mommsen, The History of Rome, Vol 5

“[P]erhaps in this case, as often, the most courageous resolution might have been at the same time the most prudent”
― Theodor Mommsen, The History of Rome, Vol 5

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