ground-scheme

Updated: July 5, 2026

But, in order to the establishment of a hypothesis so much at variance with tradition, such a threefold division would require to present itself more generally throughout the Graeco-Italian field than seems to be the case, and to appear uniformly everywhere as the ground-scheme.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)

But, in order to the establishment of a hypothesis so much at variance with tradition, such a threefold division would require to present itself more generally throughout the Graeco-Italian field than seems to be the case, and to appear uniformly everywhere as the ground-scheme.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book I : The Period Anterior to the Abolition of the Monarchy