A History of Rome Under the Emperors Author:Theodor Mommsen, Thomas E. J. Wiedemann, Barbara Demandt, Routledge, Alexander Demandt Thoedor Mommsen, surely the greatest historian of RomeRoman law of the 19th century has long been famous for his magisterial history of Rome. Now a series of his unpublished lectures have been gathered together & translated into English to provide what will become the standard work on the history of Rome under the Emperors.