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If it was in the interest of Rome to extend her conquests towards the East, and to enter on the inheritance of Alexander the Great there in all its extent, the circumstances were never more favourable for doing so than in the year 716.
Theodor Mommsen
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"If it was in the interest of Rome to extend her conquests towards the East, and to enter on the inheritance of Alexander the Great there in all its extent, the circumstances were never more favourable for doing so than in the year 716."
— Theodor Mommsen

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If it was in the interest of Rome to extend her conquests towards the East, and to enter on the inheritance of Alexander the Great there in all its extent, the circumstances were never more favourable for doing so than in the year 716. — Theodor Mommsen

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Theodor Mommsen was a Historian from Kingdom of Prussia (1817–1903).

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This quote is attributed to Theodor Mommsen, a Historian from Kingdom of Prussia.
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Theodor Mommsen lived from 1817 – 1903.