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The HISTORY Of ROME IRoman Origins before the Monarchy
The History of Rome (Römische Geschichte) by Theodor Mommsen
(1817 – 1903) skillfully unrolls the huge canvas of Rome’s long develop-ment from rural town to world capitol. In this intense narrative of thestory of the Roman Republic, we encounter not only an astounding workof scholarship and writing, but also the greatness of a people tested amidstthe turmoil of some of the most horrifying travails the world has ever known.Mommsen originally published his seminal work in three volumes between 1854 and 1856. It created an immediate sensation worldwide. Never before had an historian described Romanhistory with such penetrating skill. Readers were shocked to discover that Mommsen had simply ignored all the legendary tales from Livy, Plutarch, and other ancient sources. No mention was made of Aeneas, Romulus and Remus, Lars Porsenna, nor any other of the mythical heroes of early Rome. Instead, using the latest sources of modern inquiry and forensics, and employing the strictest use of recent archaeological finds, Mommsen assembledan impeccable narrative supported by facts that could be independently verified from multipleancient sources. And the results were fascinating, to say the least. Eight editions of Römische Geschichte were published in Germany alone during Mommsen’slifetime, and a further eight after his death. It was almost immediately translated into Englishand other languages after its first appearance in Germany.Theodor Mommsen was the greatest classical historian of the modern era. His only rival in anycentury was Edward Gibbon, whose monumental History of the Decline and Fall of the RomanEmpire complements rather than competes with Mommsen’s superb description of the RomanRepublic. Mommsen’s incredible history will always be reckoned among the masterpieces ofWestern historical literature.
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Cover art represents an iron age temple on the Capitoline Hill in Rome; the portrait in the insert above is ofTheodor Mommsen by Louis Jacoby.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 The Earliest Migrations into ItalyChapter 3 The Settlements of the LatinsChapter 4 The Beginnings of RomeChapter 5 The Original Constitution of RomeChapter 6 The Non-Burgesses and the Reformed ConstitutionChapter 7 The Hegemony of Rome in LatiumChapter 8 The Umbro-Sabellian Stocks – Beginnings of the
SamnitesChapter 9 The EtruscansChapter 10 The Hellenes in Italy – Maritime Supremacy of the
Tuscans and CarthaginiansChapter 11 Law and JusticeChapter 12 ReligionChapter 13 Agriculture, Trade, and CommerceChapter 14 Measuring and WritingChapter 15 Art
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Settlement in the area of the Forum, 8th Century B.C. The modelis in the Museo Nazionale delle Terme, Rome.
