Seven Roman Statesmen

Nonfiction, History, Ancient History, Rome
Cover of the book Seven Roman Statesmen by Charles Oman, PublishDrive
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Charles Oman ISBN: 6610000018536
Publisher: PublishDrive Publication: July 5, 2017
Imprint: Merkaba Press Language: English
Author: Charles Oman
ISBN: 6610000018536
Publisher: PublishDrive
Publication: July 5, 2017
Imprint: Merkaba Press
Language: English

THERE WAS A TIME, NOT so very long ago, when the taunt was true that history was written as if it were a mere string of anecdotal biographies of great men. But for the last forty years the pendulum has been swinging so much in the other direction, that it has become necessary to enforce the lesson that the biographies of great men are, after all, a most important part of history. It is well to have conceptions of the streams of tendency and the typical developments of every age, but the blessed word “evolution” will not account for everything, and it is absurd to neglect the influence of the great personalities.

            Roman history in particular has been so much treated of late years as a mere example of constitutional growth and degeneration, or as a bundle of interesting administrative and legal details, that it seems not out of place to recall that other aspect of it which was more familiar to elder generations, and to look at it for a moment from the personal and biographical point of view, with Plutarch before us as well as Mommsen and Marquardt’s Stoatsrecht and Staatsverwaltung.

            This is all the more rational because in the last century of the Roman Republic we find ourselves in a time of dominating personalities. In Rome’s earlier days this was conspicuously not the case, and her history was (as has been truly said) the history of great achievements done by men who were themselves not great. But from the Gracchi onward we come to a period in which individuals make and mar the course of the times, when the doings of a Sulla and a Caesar, or even of a Marius and a Pompey, form the main determining element in the history of the day.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

THERE WAS A TIME, NOT so very long ago, when the taunt was true that history was written as if it were a mere string of anecdotal biographies of great men. But for the last forty years the pendulum has been swinging so much in the other direction, that it has become necessary to enforce the lesson that the biographies of great men are, after all, a most important part of history. It is well to have conceptions of the streams of tendency and the typical developments of every age, but the blessed word “evolution” will not account for everything, and it is absurd to neglect the influence of the great personalities.

            Roman history in particular has been so much treated of late years as a mere example of constitutional growth and degeneration, or as a bundle of interesting administrative and legal details, that it seems not out of place to recall that other aspect of it which was more familiar to elder generations, and to look at it for a moment from the personal and biographical point of view, with Plutarch before us as well as Mommsen and Marquardt’s Stoatsrecht and Staatsverwaltung.

            This is all the more rational because in the last century of the Roman Republic we find ourselves in a time of dominating personalities. In Rome’s earlier days this was conspicuously not the case, and her history was (as has been truly said) the history of great achievements done by men who were themselves not great. But from the Gracchi onward we come to a period in which individuals make and mar the course of the times, when the doings of a Sulla and a Caesar, or even of a Marius and a Pompey, form the main determining element in the history of the day.

More books from PublishDrive

Cover of the book Soup Cookbook by Charles Oman
Cover of the book Bütün Şiirleri by Charles Oman
Cover of the book The World Set Free by H. G. Wells (Illustrated) by Charles Oman
Cover of the book Celestina by Charles Oman
Cover of the book Ancient Mesopotamia by Charles Oman
Cover of the book English Korean Bible №7 by Charles Oman
Cover of the book Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) by Charles Oman
Cover of the book English French Bible VIII by Charles Oman
Cover of the book Русско-Английская Библия №7 by Charles Oman
Cover of the book Wessex Tales by Thomas Hardy (Illustrated) by Charles Oman
Cover of the book English Russian Bible №7 by Charles Oman
Cover of the book Family Spiralizer Cookbook by Charles Oman
Cover of the book Bible Français Anglais n°12 by Charles Oman
Cover of the book Biographical Sketch of Anton Chekhov by Constance Garnett by Anton Chekhov (Illustrated) by Charles Oman
Cover of the book Learn French with Bilingual Books by Charles Oman
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy