Rome Vol 2 Classic Reprint

Author : Theodor Mommsen
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333411879
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (118 download)

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Download or read book The History of Rome, Vol. 2 of 4 (Classic Reprint) written by Theodor Mommsen and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The History of Rome, Vol. 2 of 4 The Semitic stock occupied a place amidst, and yet The mm, aloof from, the nations of the ancient classical cm world. The true centre of the former lay in the East, that of the latter in the region of the Mediterra nean and, however wars and migrations may have altered the line of demarcation and thrown the races across each other, a deep sense of diversity has always severed, and still severs, the indo-germanic peoples from the Syrian, Israelite, and Arabic nations. This diversity was no less marked in the case of that Semitic people, which spread more than any other in the direction of the west - the Phoenicians. Their native seat was the narrow border of coast bounded by Asia Minor, the highlands of Syria, and Egypt, and called Canaan, that is, the plain. This was the only name which the nation itself made use of even in Christian times the African farmer called himself a Canaan ite. But Canaan received from the Hellenes the name of Phoenike, the land of purple, or land of the red men, and the Italians also were accustomed to call the Canaanites Punians, as We are accustomed still to speak of them as the Phoenician or Punic race. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.