Theodor Mommsen

Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen (30 November 1817 - 1 November, 1903) was a German classical scholar and historian, generally regarded as the greatest classicist of the 19th century. His work regarding Roman history is still of fundamental importance for contemporary research.

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He was born in Garding, Schleswig, at the time part of the Danish monarchy, grew up in Oldesloe and attended school in Altona.

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Mommsen studied jurisprudence in Kiel from 1838 to 1843. Thanks to a Danish grant, he was able to visit France and Italy to study classical history. During the revolution of 1848, Mommsen was a correspondent in Rendsburg and became professor of law in the same year at the University of Leipzig. Due to his liberal political views he had to resign in 1851, but already in 1852 obtained a professorship in Roman law at the University of Z?rich, and then in 1854 at the University of Breslau.

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