Author: Mommsen, Theodor
Title: The Provinces Of The Roman Empire From Caesar To Diocletian Volume I [with] Volume II [ 2 volumes complete ]
Description: Richard Bentley & Sons, 1886, 1st English edition. Cloth, G. 2 volumes. xvi+370pp, [vi]+366pp, grand total of 10 folding coloured maps, index to the whole in volume II, spines uniformly faded with the spine of volume I snagged at the head with a little loss, base of both spines worn, ex Public School Library with bookplates, hinges repaired at the endpaper gutter, occasional light pencil marginalia, a good working set. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ Detailed description & history of all the Imperial Roman Provinces by the noted German classicist & historian Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen [ 1817 - 1903 ]. Whilst a continuation of his 1862 - 66 'History of Rome' ( for which in 1902 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature ) the work is complete in itself, indeed each section on the various Provinces can be read alone. The work continues to be a standard reference to this day.

Keywords: roman history, archaeology, classics, rome, european history