A History of Rome under the Emperors
Mommsen, Theodor / Demandt, Alexander / Krojzl, Clare
Theodor Mommsen (d. 1903) was one of the greatest of Roman historians, and the only one ever to be awarded the Nobel prize for literature. His fame rests on his "History of Rome" as well as his work on Roman law and on the Roman provinces. But the work that would have concluded his history of Rome--which ran to the reign of Augustus--was never completed. This book represents that great lost work. In 1980 Alexander Demandt discovered in an anti...