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Also Known As Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen
Born November 30, 1817 • Germany
Died November 1, 1903 (aged 85) • Charlottenburg • Germany
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1902)
Subjects Of Study Roman Empire • ancient Rome • Roman law • constitutional law • epigraphy

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