具体描述
Ancient Rome matters. Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves. Its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to the Rape of Lucretia - still strike a chord with us. And its debates about citizenship, security and the rights of the individual still influence our own debates on civil liberty today. SPQR is a new look at Roman history from one of the world's foremost classicists. It explores not only how Rome grew from an insignificant village in central Italy to a power that controlled territory from Spain to Syria, but also how the Romans thought about themselves and their achievements, and why they are still important to us. Covering 1,000 years of history, and casting fresh light on the basics of Roman culture from slavery to running water, as well as exploring democracy, migration, religious controversy, social mobility and exploitation in the larger context of the empire, this is a definitive history of ancient Rome. SPQR is the Romans' own abbreviation for their state: Senatus Populusque Romanus, 'the Senate and People of Rome'.
作者简介
Mary Beard is a professor of classics at Newnham College, Cambridge, and the classics editor of the TLS. She has world-wide academic acclaim. Her previous books include the bestselling, Wolfson Prize-winning Pompeii, The Roman Triumph, The Parthenon and Confronting the Classics. Her blog has been collected in the books It's a Don's Life [9781846682513] and All in a Don's Day [9781846685361]. She is in the 2014 top 10 Prospect list of the most influential thinkers in the world.
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这本书不像是历史书，更像是跟着比尔德的脚步重回罗马诞生的第一个千年，亲自见证伟大帝国的建立。罗马从何而起？又从何结束？这一直是众说纷纭的开放命题。作者从埃涅阿斯的传说和罗慕路斯的筑城故事起笔，省去了第二个千年罗马帝国缓慢衰落的过程，截取了从西塞罗的著名演讲...
评分罗马，对西方意味着什么？ 1453年，奥斯曼苏丹穆罕默德二世攻下拜占庭帝国（395—1453）的首都君士坦丁堡后，开始宣称自己是古罗马帝国的合法继承人，但觊觎这份荣光的远不止奥斯曼帝国（1299—1922），如果算上神圣罗马帝国（962—1802）、自诩“第三罗马”的俄罗斯帝国（1721...
评分这本书不像是历史书，更像是跟着比尔德的脚步重回罗马诞生的第一个千年，亲自见证伟大帝国的建立。罗马从何而起？又从何结束？这一直是众说纷纭的开放命题。作者从埃涅阿斯的传说和罗慕路斯的筑城故事起笔，省去了第二个千年罗马帝国缓慢衰落的过程，截取了从西塞罗的著名演讲...
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从Romulus到Caracalla，国王（酋邦）时代到共和体制，内战后迎接Caesar的时代，最终在罗马公民改革中戛然而止。可读性非常强的专栏历史。皇帝个性的差异只会影响少数精英人群，而与屠戮仅一线之隔的平民生活理应更有历史研究的价值。作者围绕SPQR有意避开连篇累牍的帝王传记，转而展开罗马人民和社会底层的叙述，可惜历史终究是胜利者和统治者书写的，相关的史料只在三四个章节中涵盖，关于元老院本身的描绘也比预期少了很多。
评分Thought-provoking perspective on the history of Rome the city and her people until the Edict of Caracalla.
评分* Ancient Rome is important.To ignore the Romans is not just to turn a blind eye to the distant past. * I have learnt their language as well as I can. I have read a good deal of the literature they have left us. * I no longer think, as I once naively did, that we have much to learn directly from the Romans… * But I am more and more convinced that …
评分太精彩了，历史太好玩了！研究了五十多年的人才能用如此通俗易懂的语言把历史的精髓写得淋漓尽致吧。这么大部头啃完都意犹未尽。Mary Beard本人的潇洒也很加分233333
评分花了挺长时间认真读完，这本对我这种不熟悉罗马史的读者来说接近完美。不是罗马百科全书，但让我对罗马史燃起了更强兴趣，马上开始读下一本。也打算买一本放书架收藏。
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