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Title: The History of Rome, Book I

Author: Theodor Mommsen

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THE HISTORY OF ROME

The Period Anterior to the Abolition of the Monarchy

by

THEODOR MOMMSEN

Translated with the Sanction of the Author

by

William Purdie Dickson, D.D., LL.D.
Professor of Divinity in the University of Glasgow

A New Edition Revised throughout and Embodying Recent Additions

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