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Category Archive: Theodor Mommsen

Theodor Mommsen Quote: “The battle of Varus is an…”

The battle of Varus is an enigma, not in a military but in a political point of view – not in its course, but in its consequences.

June 18, 2021 1817, German, November 30, Quotes by Historians, Theodor Mommsen

Theodor Mommsen Quote: “The history of Rome presents various…”

The history of Rome presents various men of greater genius than Scipio Aemilianus, but none equalling him in moral purity, in the utter absence of political selfishness, in generous love of his country, and none, perhaps, to whom destiny has assigned a more tragic part.

June 11, 2021 1817, German, November 30, Quotes by Historians, Theodor Mommsen

Theodor Mommsen Quote: “When Sulla died in the year…”

When Sulla died in the year 676, the oligarchy which he had restored ruled with absolute sway over the Roman state; but, as it had been established by force, it still needed force to maintain its ground against its numerous secret and open foes.

April 24, 2021 1817, German, November 30, Quotes by Historians, Theodor Mommsen

Theodor Mommsen Quote: “The ancient boundary of Italy on…”

The ancient boundary of Italy on the north was not the Alps but the Apennines.

March 29, 2021 1817, German, November 30, Quotes by Historians, Theodor Mommsen

Theodor Mommsen Quote: “If it was in the interest…”

If it was in the interest of Rome to extend her conquests towards the East, and to enter on the inheritance of Alexander the Great there in all its extent, the circumstances were never more favourable for doing so than in the year 716.

January 15, 2021 1817, German, November 30, Quotes by Historians, Theodor Mommsen

Theodor Mommsen Quote: “The Dalmatian tribes and the Pannonians…”

The Dalmatian tribes and the Pannonians, at least of the region of the Save, for a short time obeyed the Roman governors; but they bore the new rule with an ever increasing grudge, above all on account of the taxes, to which they were unaccustomed, and which were relentlessly exacted.

January 3, 2021 1817, German, November 30, Quotes by Historians, Theodor Mommsen

Theodor Mommsen Quote: “During the most flourishing times of…”

During the most flourishing times of Sidon and Tyre, the land of the Phoenicians was a perpetual apple of contention between the powers that ruled on the Euphrates and on the Nile, and was subject sometimes to the Assyrians, sometimes to the Egyptians.

December 26, 2020 1817, German, November 30, Quotes by Historians, Theodor Mommsen

Theodor Mommsen Quote: “The language of the land in…”

The language of the land in the Parthian empire was the native language of Iran. There is no trace pointing to any foreign language having ever been in public use under the Arsacids.

December 17, 2020 1817, German, November 30, Quotes by Historians, Theodor Mommsen

Theodor Mommsen Quote: “We have no information, not even…”

We have no information, not even a tradition, concerning the first migration of the human race into Italy. It was the universal belief of antiquity that in Italy, as well as elsewhere, the first population had sprung from the soil.

November 30, 2020 1817, German, November 30, Quotes by Historians, Theodor Mommsen

Theodor Mommsen Quote: “Under the Julian and Claudian emperors…”

Under the Julian and Claudian emperors, the Parthians seem to have been the leading power at the mouth of the Indus.

November 1, 2020 1817, German, November 30, Quotes by Historians, Theodor Mommsen

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