national-italian

Updated: June 14, 2025

It is true that the Roman government, in conformity with its strictly conservative character, adhered with the exception of a temporary coinage of gold occasioned by the financial embarrassment during the Hannibalic war steadfastly to the rule of coining silver only in addition to the national-Italian copper; but commerce had already assumed such dimensions, that it was able even in the absence of money to conduct its transactions with gold by weight.

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

It is true that the Roman government, in conformity with its strictly conservative character, adhered with the exception of a temporary coinage of gold occasioned by the financial embarrassment during the Hannibalic war steadfastly to the rule of coining silver only in addition to the national-Italian copper; but commerce had already assumed such dimensions, that it was able even in the absence of money to conduct its transactions with gold by weight.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book III : From the Union of Italy to the Subjugation of Carthage and the Greek States

The same tendencies which came into conflict on the field of politics, the national-Italian tendency of the conservatives, the Helleno-Italian or, if the term be preferred, cosmopolitan tendency of the new monarchy, fought their battles also on the field of literature.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book V : The Establishment of the Military Monarchy

The same tendencies which came into conflict on the field of politics, the national-Italian tendency of the conservatives, the Helleno-Italian or, if the term be preferred, cosmopolitan tendency of the new monarchy, fought their battles also on the field of literature.

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