The Fate of Rome

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Kyle Harper is a historian of the classical world and the Senior Vice President and Provost at his alma mater, the University of Oklahoma.

He graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Letters from OU and then received his Ph.D. in History from Harvard University in 2007.

出版者:Princeton University Press
作者:Kyle Harper
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页数:440
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出版时间:2017-10-24
价格:USD 35.00
装帧:Hardcover
isbn号码:9780691166834
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  • 罗马史 
  • 历史 
  • 罗马 
  • 英文原版 
  • 环境史 
  • 古罗马 
  • 欧洲史 
  • 古典学 
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A sweeping new history of how climate change and disease helped bring down the Roman Empire

Here is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human history: the fall of the Roman Empire. The Fate of Rome is the first book to examine the catastrophic role that climate change and infectious diseases played in the collapse of Rome’s power—a story of nature’s triumph over human ambition.

Interweaving a grand historical narrative with cutting-edge climate science and genetic discoveries, Kyle Harper traces how the fate of Rome was decided not just by emperors, soldiers, and barbarians but also by volcanic eruptions, solar cycles, climate instability, and devastating viruses and bacteria. He takes readers from Rome’s pinnacle in the second century, when the empire seemed an invincible superpower, to its unraveling by the seventh century, when Rome was politically fragmented and materially depleted. Harper describes how the Romans were resilient in the face of enormous environmental stress, until the besieged empire could no longer withstand the combined challenges of a “little ice age” and recurrent outbreaks of bubonic plague.

A poignant reflection on humanity’s intimate relationship with the environment, The Fate of Rome provides a sweeping account of how one of history’s greatest civilizations encountered and endured, yet ultimately succumbed to the cumulative burden of nature’s violence. The example of Rome is a timely reminder that climate change and germ evolution have shaped the world we inhabit—in ways that are surprising and profound.

First published in 2017.

Kyle Harper is professor of classics and letters and senior vice president and provost at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of Slavery in the Late Roman World, AD 275–425 and From Shame to Sin: The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity. He lives in Norman, Oklahoma.

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凯尔·哈珀在《罗马的命运:气候、疾病和帝国的终结》中以为,历史的主宰者乃凌然尘世之上的结构与机缘,也就是自然法则与纯粹运气的混合体。命运女神将祂残酷的意志施加于罗马人身上,使其登顶古代社会所能成就的最高点,然后在几代人的时间里重重坠落。用作者的话说,罗马人...  

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不敢再小看中国翻译了,扫完英文版后突然发现有中文的(小声逼逼去年我看的美国史就一本翻译也没看到)。这本书介入古代史的方式很有意义。

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不敢再小看中国翻译了,扫完英文版后突然发现有中文的(小声逼逼去年我看的美国史就一本翻译也没看到)。这本书介入古代史的方式很有意义。

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Informative and adaptable

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Informative and adaptable

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不敢再小看中国翻译了,扫完英文版后突然发现有中文的(小声逼逼去年我看的美国史就一本翻译也没看到)。这本书介入古代史的方式很有意义。

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