Under the Julian and Claudian emperors, the Parthians seem to have been the leading power at the mouth of the Indus. Theodor Mommsen claudianemperorindus Change image and share on social
The Dalmatian tribes and the Pannonians, at least of the region of the Save, for a short time obeyed the Roman governors; but they bore the new rule with an ever increasing grudge, above all on account of the taxes, to which they were unaccustomed, and which were relentlessly exacted. Theodor Mommsen accountbeardalmatian share on social
An independent state does not pay too dear a price for its independence in accepting the sufferings of war when it cannot avoid them; a state which has lost its independence may find at least some compensation in the fact that its protector procures for it peace with its neighbours. Theodor Mommsen acceptavoidcompensation share on social
We have no information, not even a tradition, concerning the first migration of the human race into Italy. It was the universal belief of antiquity that in Italy, as well as elsewhere, the first population had sprung from the soil. Theodor Mommsen antiquitybeliefhuman share on social
During the most flourishing times of Sidon and Tyre, the land of the Phoenicians was a perpetual apple of contention between the powers that ruled on the Euphrates and on the Nile, and was subject sometimes to the Assyrians, sometimes to the Egyptians. Theodor Mommsen appleassyriancontention share on social
The defeat of the Augustan policy, as the peace with Maroboduus and the sufferance of the Teutoburg disaster may well be termed, was hardly a victory of the Germans. Theodor Mommsen augustandefeatdisaster Change image and share on social
When the Romans in the last age of the republic came into immediate contact with Iran as a consequence of the occupation of Syria, they found in existence the Persian empire regenerated by the Parthians. Theodor Mommsen ageconsequencecontact share on social