The History of Rome [Paperback]

Volume 1 of Mommsen's monumental and groundbreaking 1850s History of Rome, first published in English in 1862.Volume 1 of The History of Rome by the Nobel Prize winning classical historian Theodor Mommsen (18171903) covers the period from Romes earliest origins to the unification of Italy. This monumental work became the enduring rival of Edward Gibbons The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (17761789).Volume 1 of The History of Rome by the Nobel Prize winning classical historian Theodor Mommsen (18171903) covers the period from Romes earliest origins to the unification of Italy. This monumental work became the enduring rival of Edward Gibbons The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (17761789).The classical historian Theodor Mommsen (18171903) published his History of Rome between 1854 and 1856. His work was received with widespread acclaim by the scholarly community and the reading public. In 1902, in recognition of this monumental work, Mommsen was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and acclaimed as 'the greatest living master of the art of historical writing'. Mommsen rejected traditional Enlightenment accounts, which glorified ancient Rome; instead, guided by a new and rigorous criticism of sources, he began the demythologisation of Roman history. In a vivacious and engaging style, using modern terms to express classical ideas, Mommsen drew bold parallels between the nineteenth century and classical Rome. Volume 1 begins with Rome's earliest origins and ends with the unification of Italy; it contains separate chapters on religion, law and justice, art, and writing. This 1862 translation is based on the German third edition (1861).Book First. The Period Anterior to the Abolition of the Monarchy: 1. Introduction; 2. The earliest migrations into Italy; 3. The settlements of the Latins; 4. The beginnings of Rome; 5. The original constitution of Rome; 6. The non-burgesses and the reformed constitution; 7. The hegemony of Rome in Latium; 8. The Umbro-Slƒ#