A History of Rome under the Emperors

Erscheinungsjahr 1996
ISBN: 978-0-415-10113-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 656 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1139 g

This 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.
Theodor 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 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 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, A History of Rome Under the Emperors.
Barbara 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.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mommsen, Theodor

Demandt, Alexander

Weitere Mitwirkende

Krojzl, Clare

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of maps. Introduction. Alexander Demandt, Mommsen, Rome and the German Kaiserreich Thomas Wiedemann Abrreviations and Bibliography. The Berlin Academy Fragment A history of Rome under the Emperors I From Augustus to Vespasian Winter Semester 1882/3 [MH.I] 1. Augustus (44 BC-AD 14) a) The consolidation of the monarchy b) The princeps c) The institutions of government d) The provinces e) The imperial family and domestic politics 2. Tiberius (14-37) 3. Gaius Caligular (37-41) 4. Claudius (41-54) 5. Nero (54-68) 6. The Year of Four Emperors (68-69) 7. The Vespasian (69-79)A history of Rome under the Emperors II From Vespasian to Diocletian Summer Semester 1883 [MH.II] 1. General Introduction 2. Domestic Politics I a) Peoples and languages b) Monetary and fiscal matters c) The army d) Administration 3. Wars in the West a) Britain b) The Rhine Frontier c) Gaul d) Spain e) Africa 4. Wars on the Danube a) The garrison b) The Dacian War c) The Marcomannic War d) The Gothic Wars 5. Wars in the East a) Conflicts with the Prhtians b) Conflicts with the Sasanids and Palmyrans 6. Domestic Politics II a) The Emperor and the court b) The army and SenateA history of Rome under the Emperors III From Diocletian to Alaric Winter Semester 1885/6 and Summer Semester 1886 [MH.III] 1. General Introduction 2. Government and Society 3. A History of Events a) Diocletian (284-305) b) Constantine (306-337) c) The sons of Constantine (337-361) d) Julian and Jovian (355-364) e) Valentinian and Valens (364-378) f) From Theodosius to Alaric (379-410) Notes. Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Alexander Demandt is a Full professor of Ancient History at the Free University, Berlin. Barbara Demandt is a teacher at the Gymnasium for ancient languages in Berlin-Zehlendorf. Thomas Wiedemann is Reader in Ancient History at the University of Nottingham.