作者:
Christopher Kelly 出版社: Oxford University Press 副标题: A Very Short Introduction 出版年: 2006-9-14 页数: 168 定价: USD 11.95 装帧: Paperback 丛书:Very Short Introductions ISBN: 9780192803917
The Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement. It had a population of sixty million people spread across lands encircling the Mediterranean and stretching from drizzle-soaked northern England to the sun-baked banks of the Euphrates in Syria, and from the Rhine to the North African coast. It was, above all else, an empire of force - employing a mixture of violence, suppression,...
The Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement. It had a population of sixty million people spread across lands encircling the Mediterranean and stretching from drizzle-soaked northern England to the sun-baked banks of the Euphrates in Syria, and from the Rhine to the North African coast. It was, above all else, an empire of force - employing a mixture of violence, suppression, order, and tactical use of power to develop an astonishingly uniform culture. This Very Short Introduction covers the history of the Empire from Augustus (the first Emperor) to Marcus Aurelius, describing how the empire was formed, how it was run, its religions and its social structure. It examines how local cultures were "romanised" and how people in far away lands came to believe in the emperor as a god. The book also examines how the Roman Empire has been considered and depicted in more recent times, from the writings of Edward Gibbon, to the differing attitudes of the Victorians and recent Hollywood blockbuster films.
That theme was magnificently elaborated by the poet Virgil, writing in the decade after Actium and the victory of Octavian/Augustus. The Aeneid, one of the greatest epic poems ever conceived, follows the fate of the Trojan prince Aeneas, fleeing the destruction of his home town at the hands of the Greeks, who on Ulysses’ shrewd advice had cunningly concealed themselves in the belly of a wooden horse. Virgil’s Aeneid picks up where Homer’s Iliad leaves off. Aeneas escapes from Troy carrying his aged father Anchises on his back, his young son Ascanius struggling to keep up. Here begins a grand narrative which will sweep Aeneas westward across the Mediterranean, first to Carthage and finally to Italy. Here the Trojans fight the native Rutilians, who resist the attempts of theseforeign invader... (查看原文)
Gladiator were trained not only to fight well, but also to die properly, chest out, leaning to the right, head drooping, half-seated on their weapons. This was the dying swan of the Roman world, a cool, formalized way of death, which, if not properly performed, would be loudly booed by a disapproving crowd. (查看原文)
It‘s pretty reflected the Roman world. listing plentiful facts to prove the most outstanding characteristics of the Roman empire, the author impressed and amused me the most with his description about...It‘s pretty reflected the Roman world. listing plentiful facts to prove the most outstanding characteristics of the Roman empire, the author impressed and amused me the most with his description about the life of gladitors, who may be booed loudly if not properly perform the formalized way of death in the fight.(展开)
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0 有用 原源元 2020-10-10 10:23:19
（2020/09/05）还挺幽默的，真·给神圣的罗马帝国揭下面纱。罗马流行病也如此严重是我没想到的。
1 有用 低端卓 2018-05-31 16:54:57
发现了这样一个事情 美亚上很多书有audio版本 而且可以免费听一阵 下载个叫audible的app就行
0 有用 不会打字怎么破 2013-07-17 02:07:50
It‘s pretty reflected the Roman world. listing plentiful facts to prove the most outstanding characteristics of the Roman empire, the author impressed and amused me the most with his description about... It‘s pretty reflected the Roman world. listing plentiful facts to prove the most outstanding characteristics of the Roman empire, the author impressed and amused me the most with his description about the life of gladitors, who may be booed loudly if not properly perform the formalized way of death in the fight. (展开)
0 有用 Nello 2023-06-27 17:58:00 湖北
it's not organized of chronology. instead, it explores thematically some aspects of this imperial superstate. it's compelling.
0 有用 kimhimbeere 2011-09-21 17:06:56
引进的吧:P