My struggled with the same modern problem—lots of “hot takes,” not much thinking about great ideas was real—and How to Think about the Great Ideas is basically a practical cure … Read more
The History of Rome, Vol. V solves a single, urgent problem: how a five-hundred-year republican system collapsed into a military monarchy and what social, military, and cultural forces made that … Read more
The History of Rome, Volume IV: The Revolution by Theodor Mommsen is a seminal work in historical scholarship, originally written in German and translated into English by William Purdie Dickson. … Read more
Rome didn’t just conquer; it standardized a continent. If you’ve ever wondered how one city turned agrarian inequality, foreign wars, and legal procedure into a machine that outlived its founders, … Read more
The grandeur of Ancient Rome is often seen through the lens of its imperial achievements. The History of Rome, Volume 2 unpacks this history with an unprecedented blend of thorough … Read more
So much of early Rome is fogged by legend; Mommsen’s Volume 1 shows how geography, institutions, and law—not miracles—built a city that became a state. He answers the core problem: … Read more