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Theodor Mommsen

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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

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Average rating: 4.1 · 1,051 ratings · 118 reviews · 743 distinct works • Similar authors
A History of Rome
4.43 avg rating — 241 ratings — published 1855
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The History of Rome Vol. 1-...
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The History of Rome, Vol 1:...
3.67 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 1854 — 273 editions
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4.19 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1854 — 243 editions
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4.36 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1854 — 163 editions
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The History of Rome, Vol 5
4.40 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1854 — 115 editions
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История Рима
4.12 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1854 — 7 editions
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“The writer of history is perhaps closer to the artist than the scholar.”
― Theodor Mommsen
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“[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
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“[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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