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Theodor Mommsen quotes: History is neither written nor made without love or hate.

History is neither written nor made without love or hate.

Theodor Mommsen quotes: History has a Nemesis for every sin.

History has a Nemesis for every sin.

Theodor Mommsen quotes: About the time of the expulsion of the Tarquins from Rome, the Etruscan power had reached its height.

About the time of the expulsion of the Tarquins from Rome, the Etruscan power had reached its height.

Theodor Mommsen quotes: Without passion, there is no genius.

Without passion, there is no genius.

Theodor Mommsen quotes: The writer of history is perhaps closer to the artist than the scholar.

The writer of history is perhaps closer to the artist than the scholar.

Theodor Mommsen quotes: Under the Julian and Claudian emperors, the Parthians seem to have been the leading power at the mouth of the Indus.

Under the Julian and Claudian emperors, the Parthians seem to have been the leading power at the mouth of the Indus.

Theodor Mommsen quotes: The Celtic, Galatian, or Gallic nation received from the common mother endowments different from those of its Italian, Germanic, and Hellenic sisters.

The Celtic, Galatian, or Gallic nation received from the common mother endowments different from those of its Italian, Germanic, and Hellenic sisters.

Theodor Mommsen quotes: In the Roman commonwealth, even on the conversion of the monarchy into a republic, the old was as far as possible retained.

In the Roman commonwealth, even on the conversion of the monarchy into a republic, the old was as far as possible retained.

Theodor Mommsen quotes: For a whole generation after the battle of Pydna, the Roman state enjoyed a profound calm, scarcely varied by a ripple here and there on the surface.

For a whole generation after the battle of Pydna, the Roman state enjoyed a profound calm, scarcely varied by a ripple here and there on the surface.

Theodor Mommsen quotes: Marcus Crassus cannot, any more than Pompeius, be reckoned among the unconditional adherents of the oligarchy.

Marcus Crassus cannot, any more than Pompeius, be reckoned among the unconditional adherents of the oligarchy.

Theodor Mommsen quotes: The ancient boundary of Italy on the north was not the Alps but the Apennines.

The ancient boundary of Italy on the north was not the Alps but the Apennines.

Theodor Mommsen quotes: The battle of Varus is an enigma, not in a military but in a political point of view - not in its course, but in its consequences.

The battle of Varus is an enigma, not in a military but in a political point of view - not in its course, but in its consequences.

Theodor Mommsen quotes: Individual tribes or, in other words, races or stocks, are the constituent elements of the earliest history.

Individual tribes or, in other words, races or stocks, are the constituent elements of the earliest history.