Mommsen

[ mom-suhn; German mawm-zuhn ]

noun

1. The·o·dor [tey, -aw-doh, r], 1817–1903, German classical historian: Nobel Prize in literature 1902.

Mommsen

/ ˈmɔmzən /

noun

1. MommsenTheodor18171903MGermanHISTORY: historian Theodor (ˈteːodoːr). 1817–1903, German historian, noted esp for The History of Rome (1854–56): Nobel prize for literature 1902

Example Sentences

Mommsen regards Naevius as the first of the Romans who deserves to be ranked among the poets.

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Mommsen's "History of Rome" is so fine that I count all minds graceless who read it without the deepest stirrings.

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Mommsen, the historian, was famous for his fits of mental abstraction.

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But does it follow that Mommsen denies there ever were kings at Rome?

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I am not sure that Mommsen names most of them more than once in any passing mention.

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