{"product_id":"history-of-rome-under-the-emperors-1","title":"History of Rome under the Emperors","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book caused a sensation when it was published in Germany in 1992, and was front page news in many newspapers. For readers of English, it will be an authoritative survey of four centuries of Roman history, and a unique window on the German tradition of the last century.\u003cbr\u003eTheodor Mommsen (d. 1903) was one of the greatest Roman historians of the nineteenth century, and the only one ever to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. His fame rests on his \u003cem\u003eHistory of Rome\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1980 Alexander Demandt discovered in an antiquarian bookshop a full and detailed handwritten transcript of the lectures on the Roman Empire, which Mommsen gave for many years from 1863 to 1886, made by two of his students. This transcript has been edited to provide the authoritative reconstruction of the book Mommsen never wrote, \u003cem\u003eA History of Rome Under the Emperors\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eBarbara and Alexander Demandt have carefully edited the text and provided detailed annotation and explanatory references. For the English edition, Professor Thomas Wiedemann has written an introduction which surveys Mommsen's position and influence in nineteenth century German scholarship and introduces his work for English speaking readers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54243913007448,"sku":"9780415101134","price":241.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415101134.jpg?v=1768575625","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/history-of-rome-under-the-emperors-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}