Biography of Theodore Mommzen

The best quotes of the years of life: with the laureate of the Nobel Prize in literature. The main works are devoted to the history of the Roman Empire and Roman law. Theodore's father, ENS Mommzen, Protestant priest of modest prosperity, was an educated person, appreciated literature. At home, and subsequently at the Christian gymnasium in Alton, Theodore received a brilliant education in the field of classical languages, philosophy, rhetoric and German literature.

In the city of Mommzen he entered the Kili University at the Faculty of Jurisprudence in the Specialization "Roman Law". During his studies at the university, Mommzen also showed interest in literature and published the “Songer of Three Friends” “Liederbuch Dreier Freunde” - a collection of poems written by himself, his brother Tekho and their general Theodore Storm.

Mommzen finished training at the University of Dissertation "De Collegiis et Sodaliciis Romanorum". The scientific advantages of this work were highly appreciated and Mommzen received a state scholarship, which gave him the opportunity to go to Italy in Italy in Italy Mommzen writes numerous articles and begins to collect material for his fundamental labor "Corpus Insptionum Latmarum" "Code of Latin's inscriptions", lat.

Having returned to the city in the same year, Momzen becomes a professor of civil law at the University of Leipzig. However, he was quickly deprived of the departments for political activities. After the reaction, he was forced to emigrate to Switzerland G. It was here that Mommzen wrote the first three volumes of "Roman history", who made it a world -famous scientist.

In the year, the historian marries Maria Reimer, the daughter of a book trader, from a marriage with whom he had sixteen children. Mommzen moves to Berlin and becomes a member of the Berlin Academy and a professor of ancient history with G. Eleas an especially department of Roman history. The scientist is elected a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

In the x x Mommzen continues to actively engage in political activities. From the city of a progressive party, and after Bismarck united independent German states into a single German Empire, he becomes a member of the Reichstag, where he opens against the domestic policy of Bismarck, as well as against anti -Semitism. Mommzen releases a three -volume study “Roman constitutional law” “Romisches Staatsrecht”, which is not inferior in scale to “Roman history”, then in the city The Nobel Prize was awarded to Mommzen as “one of the greatest historical writers, whose pen owns such monumental work as“ Roman history ”.

Theodore Mommzen died in Charlottenburg, near Berlin. Interesting facts from life by one of the most obvious candidates for the Nobel Prize in literature in the city, however, Mommzen jumped from the third volume to the fifth, deciding to never release the fourth. It is believed that the reason for this was difficulties in justifying his theory of strong power during the empire.

The work capacity of Mommzen is amazing, the list of his works includes names. Later studies have shown that the position of Mommzen as a scientist in “Roman history” is not always impeccable. Critics of Mommzen indicate some historical mistakes and note subjectivity in the assessment of some personalities of Cicero, Julius Caesar, etc.

However, to this day there is no difficulty equal to the “Roman history” in the latitude of material and fundamental coverage. The awards of the writer.