author
Theodor Mommsen
1817–1903
A brilliant historian and scholar of ancient Rome, he turned rigorous research into sweeping narrative and became one of the rare historians to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. His work helped shape how generations of readers imagined the Roman world.
15 Audiobooks
Römische Geschichte — Buch 8
by Theodor Mommsen
The History of Rome, Book IV The Revolution
by Theodor Mommsen
Römische Geschichte — Buch 4
by Theodor Mommsen
The History of Rome, Book II From the Abolition of the Monarchy in Rome to the Union of Italy
by Theodor Mommsen
Römische Geschichte — Buch 2
by Theodor Mommsen
The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)
by Theodor Mommsen
The Provinces of the Roman Empire, from Caesar to Diocletian. v. 2
by Theodor Mommsen
Römische Geschichte — Buch 3
by Theodor Mommsen
Römische Geschichte — Buch 1
by Theodor Mommsen
The Provinces of the Roman Empire, from Caesar to Diocletian. v. 1
by Theodor Mommsen
The History of Rome, Book V The Establishment of the Military Monarchy
by Theodor Mommsen
The History of Rome, Book III From the Union of Italy to the Subjugation of Carthage and the Greek States
by Theodor Mommsen
Römische Geschichte — Buch 5
by Theodor Mommsen
Compendio del derecho público romano
by Theodor Mommsen
About the author
Born in Garding, Schleswig, on November 30, 1817, Theodor Mommsen became one of the most influential classical scholars of the 19th century. Trained in law, he built an extraordinary career as a historian, jurist, archaeologist, journalist, and politician, with a lifelong focus on the ancient Roman world.
He is best known for A History of Rome (Römische Geschichte), a landmark work admired for both its scholarship and its energy as writing. Mommsen also made major contributions to the study of Roman inscriptions and law, helping to lay foundations that later historians still rely on.
In 1902, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature, an unusual honor for a historian, in recognition of the power and mastery of his historical writing. He died on November 1, 1903, near Berlin, leaving behind a body of work that continues to matter far beyond the world of specialist scholarship.