The History of Rome: Volume 3

Barthold Georg Niebuhr, Translated by William Smith, Leonhard Schmitz

ISBN 10: 1108012337 / ISBN 13: 9781108012331

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2010

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1st edition. 740 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.70 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The History of Rome: Volume 3
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108012337
• ISBN 13: 9781108012331
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.93 kilograms

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Synopsis

This three-volume English translation of Barthold Georg Niebuhr's influential History of Rome was published between 1828 and 1842. It follows the second German edition, which the author contrasts with the earlier edition (1811–1812, translated into English in 1827) as being 'the work of a man who has reached his maturity'. The early part of the nineteenth century saw important developments in philological scholarship in Germany, and Niebuhr's international career as a statesman and scholar reflected Germany's new-found confidence in the wider world. His book had a lasting impact both within its own subject area and on the understanding of history as an academic discipline, and was a landmark of nineteenth-century European scholarship. Volume 3 begins with the Licinian rogations and ends with the first Punic war.

Book Description

This three-volume English translation of Niebuhr's History of Rome (from the second, revised German edition) appeared between 1828 and 1842. At a time when the field was developing rapidly, Niebuhr's book had a lasting impact on its own subject area and the understanding of history as an academic discipline.