Title

Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Society

Publication Date

6-1-2018

Abstract

This essay examines a figure usually considered with justification to be the premier Roman historian of the nineteenth century and perhaps the greatest scholar in his field of all times. It tries to show why Mommsen focuses, particularly in the last volume of his magisterial study of Rome down to the end of the Republic, on the life and activities of Julius Caesar. The essay concludes by reassessing conventional narratives about why Mommsen admired Caesar, so much so that he could not bring himself to describe the death of the Roman leader whom he characterized as the founder of a “military monarchy.”.

Volume

55

Issue

3

First Page

280

Last Page

282

DOI

10.1007/s12115-018-0251-0

ISSN

01472011

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