Theodor Mommsen

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Has anyone read Mommsen's History of Rome (Römische Geschichte)? If so, is it worth it? I know it's one of the classics, but many of the authors I have read consider many of his ideas to be wrong. Essentially, does its literary/historigraphical significance outway its obsolescence? Thanks.

 

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Never read it but if you want it for free...

Hannibal

 

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Oh yeah I have 2 of his volumes....very interesting reading. I highly recommend them. You can generally find his work on ebay really cheap.

Lucius Cornelius Sulla
www.novaroma.org

 

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Re: Mommsen

Hello,

Together with Edward Gibbons, "Decline and Fall of the
Roman empire", you can consider Mommsen's work as some of the
well documented classics on Roman history.

Predator I.

 

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Both Gibbons and Mommsen are considered obselete, as all classics in sciences and humanities eventually become (Gibbons more so than Mommsen), but the fact remains that very few serious scholars today attempt the kind of mammoth work that those two lads performed. Other scholars have picked their theories and thoughts apart but have not always replaced their works with one of their own, so they're still interesting reading.

EF

 

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Originally posted by Endre Fodstad
Both Gibbons and Mommsen are considered obselete, as all classics in sciences and humanities eventually become (Gibbons more so than Mommsen), but the fact remains that very few serious scholars today attempt the kind of mammoth work that those two lads performed. Other scholars have picked their theories and thoughts apart but have not always replaced their works with one of their own, so they're still interesting reading.

EF

True, Mommsen is obselete, however his work still stands as one of the fundamental works that promoted more study of Rome. I have read Mommsen's work and I find it very stimulating and that stimulation has sent me into finding works by many contemporary scholars (Snyde is just one example). However I tend to stay away from Michael Grant.

Vale,

Lucius Cornelius Sulla
www.novaroma.org