Description: This complete 1780 edition of the History of the Revolutions that Happened in the Government of the Roman Republic is a detailed historical account of the political upheavals in the Roman Republic. The work, presented in two volumes, offers a comprehensive examination of the internal and external conflicts that shaped the governance of Rome. Vertot's detailed narrative provides valuable insights into the political dynamics and revolutionary changes that influenced Roman history. "Vertot: Histoire des Révolutions Arrivées dans la Gouvernement de la République Romaine". Lille, Chez C. F. J. Lehoucq, 1780. 17 x 10 cm., 471 + 416 pages. Text in French. Bound in period full leather, raised bands, gilt on spine, marbled endpapers, red edges. Wear to the covers, light stains, and traces of humidity along the margins of the first pages of vol.1; otherwise in good condition. René-Aubert Vertot (25 November 1655 in Bennetot, Normandy - 15 June 1735 in Paris) was a French clergyman and historian. He was for some time a pupil of the Jesuit Fathers seminary at Rouen, which he left at the end of two years to enter the Capuchin Order. His health was greatly impaired by his austerities there, and his family, alarmed, obtained permission for him to join the Premonstratensian Canons. Afterwards he was appointed pastor to several small parishes in Normandy. In 1690, at the suggestion of Fontenelle and the Abbé de Saint-Pierre, he wrote his Histoire de la conjuration de Portugal. The book was received with favour, and in 1695 appeared the Histoire des révolutions de Suède (History of the Swedish revolutions). In 1703 Vertot was made a member of the Académie des inscriptions. Besides contributions to the Mémoires of the Académie and other minor works, he wrote the Révolutions romains (1719) and Histoire des chevaliers hospitaliers de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem (History of the Knights Hospitallers), also known as Histoire de Malte (History of Malta). It is related, in connection with the latter, that in answer to an offer of additional data about the great siege by the Ottomans in 1565, he said, "Mon siège est fait" ("My siege is finished"), a phrase construed by some of his critics as an expression of his disregard for historical accuracy. Another interpretation of the comment is that he simply wished to get rid of an intruder who was trying to force upon him documents whose authenticity was very doubtful.
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Author: Vertot
Binding: Leather
Language: French
Subject: History
Topic: Ancient
Region: Europe
Year Printed: 1780
