by Theodor Mommsen · TURNER PUBLICACIONES S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475066066
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This second volume of 'History of Rome' by Theodor Mommsen describes the unstoppable advance of Roman domination to the natural borders of Italy and beyond, from the union of the Italian states to the submission of Carthage and Greece. Mommsen offers a chronological account of the events, providing a complete vision of Roman history.
Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen was a German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician and archaeologist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest classicists of the 19th century. He received the 1902 Nobel Prize in Literature for his historical writings, including The History of Rome, after having been nominated by 18 members of the Prussian Academy of Sciences. He was also a prominent German politician, as a member of the Prussian and German parliaments. His works on Roman law and on the law of obligations had a significant impact on the German civil code.
