The History of Rome, Book 1
Roman Origins Before the Monarchy
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Narrated by:
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Charlton Griffin
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Written by:
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Theodor Mommsen
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In 1902 the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Theodor Mommsen for his sensational work of history The History of Rome. Classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician, archaeologist, and writer, Mommsen is generally regarded as the greatest classicist of the modern era. To this day his work on Roman history is still of fundamental importance among scholars. There has never been anything like it, and there may never be again.
Mommsen's history, first appearing in 1856, differs from the 18th-century work of Gibbon in the important respect that Mommsen begins his story in the centuries before the monarchy and ends it with the death of Julius Caesar. It is a dramatic historical tour de force of Republican Rome. (Gibbon takes up his work where Mommsen leaves off.)
The History of Rome is divided into five books, of which this is the first. Book 1 begins in the dim prehistory of Latium and describes the society that emerged there in the centuries leading up to the establishment of the first Roman king. This penetrating look at emerging Latin culture takes us into the strange world of their religion; their family structure; and their legal system, trade, alliances, and relationships with neighboring tribes and kingdoms. It brilliantly sets the stage for what is to come in the following volumes.
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- 2020-02-20
Good For Studying - not leisure reading
It's a very good read if you are genuinely studying the history of Rome (Empire, Republic) It's not casual reading, nor is it screaming out with interesting facts. It's the very beginning. Not a lot going on, yet. Good for understanding pre-Rome Italy, and how it will become an hegemony.
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