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Theodor Mommsen
Theodor Mommsen

Theodor Mommsen was a German historian, writer, and politician. He is best known for his comprehensive history of Rome, 'Römer Geschichte', which won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1902. Born on November 30, 1817, in Kiel, Mommsen spent much of his life in Berlin, where he taught at the University of Berlin. more

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“In less than a century after the barbarian nations settled in their new conquests, almost all the effects of the knowledge and civility, which the Romans had spread through Europe, disappeared. Not only the arts of elegance, which minister to luxury, and re supported by it, but many of the useful arts, without which life can scarcely be contemplated as comfortable, were neglected or lost.”

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Book:The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization
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“At Rome there were nothing even vaguely resembling modern political parties - although given the stifling impact of these, this may well have made it more rather than less democratic than many countries today - and each candidate for office competed as an individual. Only rarely did they advocate specific policies, although commenting on issues of current importance was more common. In the main voters looked more for a capable individual who once elected could do whatever the State required.”

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“In his fifty-six years he was at times many things, including a fugitive, prisoner, rising politician, army leader, legal advocate, rebel, dictator – perhaps even a god – as well as a husband, father, lover and adulterer. Few fictional heroes have ever done as much as Caius Julius Caesar.”

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Book:Caesar: The Life Of A Colossus
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