全译罗马帝国衰亡史 - [英]爱德华·吉本

全译罗马帝国衰亡史

[英]爱德华·吉本

出版时间

2021-05-31

ISBN

9787547732250

评分

★★★★★
AI导读
核心看点
  • 全景展现罗马帝国1300年兴衰历程
  • 融合政治军事文化多维视角的深度剖析
  • 启蒙时代史学巨著,文风典雅思想深邃
适合谁读
  • 对古罗马历史及西方文明起源感兴趣的读者
  • 希望从历史兴衰中汲取治国理政智慧的管理者
  • 喜爱经典人文社科著作的深度学习型读者
读前提醒
  • 全书篇幅宏大,建议做好长期阅读的心理准备
  • 部分章节叙事繁复,可结合地图辅助理解脉络
  • 建议搭配现代罗马史研究以弥补时代局限性
读者共识
  • 公认了解罗马帝国不可不读的至高经典之作
  • 文笔优美气势磅礴,但部分读者嫌其叙事拖沓
  • 对权力逻辑与文明兴衰的洞察具有永恒价值

本导读基于书籍简介、目录、原文摘录、短评和书评生成,不等同于全文精读。

精彩摘录
  • "。。。专制体制刻意摧毁共和精神,使人民变成政治侏儒,一群政治侏儒如何能支撑一个伟大的帝国。"
  • "WHENEVER Tacitus indulges himself in those beautiful episodes, in which he relates some domestic transaction of the Germans or of the Parthians, his principal object is to relieve the attention of the reader from a uniform scene of vice and misery. From the reign of Augustus to the time of Alexander"
  • "Artaxerxes had served with great reputation in the armies of Artaban, the last king of the Parthians, and it appears that he was driven into exile and rebellion by royal ingratitude, the customary reward for superior merit. His birth was obscure, and the obscurity equally gave room to the aspersions"
  • "One of these, Erdaviraph, a young but holy prelate, received from the hands of his brethren three cups of soporiferous wine. He drank them off, and instantly fell into a long and profound sleep. As soon as he waked, he related to the king and to the believing multitude his journey to Heaven, and his"
  • "Every mode of religion, to make a deep and lasting impression on the human mind, must exercise our obedience, by enjoining practices of devotion; and must acquire our esteem, by inculcating moral duties analogous to the dictates of our own hearts. The religion of Zoroaster was abundantly provided wi"
  • "But there are some remarkable instances, in which Zoroaster lays aside the prophet, assumes the legislator, and discovers a liberal concern for private and public happiness, seldom to be found among the grovelling or visionary schemes of superstition. Fasting and celibacy, the common means of purcha"
  • "Had Zoroaster, in all his institutions, invariably supported this exalted character, his name would deserve a place with those of Numa and Confucius, and his system would be justly entitled to all the applause which it has pleased some of our divines, and even some of our philosophers, to bestow on "
  • "Such are the circumstances of. this ostentatious and improbable relation, dictated, as it too plainly appears, by the vanity of the monarch, adorned by the unblushing servility of his flatterers, and received without contradiction by a distant and obsequious senate. Far from being inclined to believ"
作者简介
[英]爱德华·吉本(Edward Gibbon,1737—1794) 18世纪英国史学泰斗,启蒙时代史学代表人物,被誉为近代史学的开山者。 1764年,吉本前往意大利的罗马,面对这座千古名城,他产生了为这座城写一本书的念头,即他后来的代表作《罗马帝国衰亡史》。 《罗马帝国衰亡史》从构思到完稿,花费了吉本二十多年的时间,他直接引用了从古希腊到18世纪两百余位学者的著作,各种地方志、编年记、法典、地图、碑文更是不胜枚举。 吉本的行文以气势磅礴著称,他习惯把整段文章在心里想好,用耳朵听过,一句句顺畅满意了才落笔,因此读来如大江涌流,顺畅无比。 《罗马帝国衰亡史》问世两百多年来影响力始终不衰,受到各界人士的推崇与赞美,已成为深入了解罗马帝国不可不读的至高经典。
目录
第一章 罗马帝国在安东尼时代的军事和疆域(98—180 A.D.)
第二章 罗马帝国在安东尼时代内政修明物阜民康(98—180 A.D.)
第三章 罗马帝国在安东尼时代的政治架构(98—180 A.D.)
第四章 康茂德残酷而暴虐的愚行 佩尔蒂纳克斯被推举为帝……(180—193 A.D.)
第五章 禁卫军公开出价出售帝位 塞维鲁赢得内战的胜利(193—197 A.D.)

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用户评论
我觉得罗马的问题可以与中国历史类比。 罗马强盛时期其实是“以力治国”类似盛唐。五贤帝其实就类似唐太宗。 但是,罗马康贸得死后,陷入所谓3世纪困难,即军阀交替被军队拥立,皇帝平均任期才几年。这个不就类似晚唐到五代的节度使混战吗? 而到罗马最后100来年,它又稳定了。因为君士坦丁大帝最后利用“基督教治国”。这个本质是军人出生的帝国与文人的妥协。其实和宋太祖文人治国一个道理。只是,宋朝的文人是儒家和罗马晚期是基督教牧师。 而且,后果相同。当军阀混战时,虽然平民生活困苦但是部队与蛮族相比战斗力并不差。而改为文人治国后,反而战斗力下降了,虽然国家更稳定。 罗马基督化后,政局确实相对稳定皇帝可以长久统治并且成功传位。但是大部分皇帝都生在深宫之中,无战斗力,所以最后还是被蛮族灭亡。这个约等于北宋灭亡。
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编辑的第三本(套)书,之前在编辑精华本的时候,就已经在惊鸿一瞥中感受到罗马帝国那庄严却又沧桑的历史气息,这套全译本更是让千年沧海中数不尽的英雄与平民、勇气与懦弱、忠诚与背叛、欢呼与哭泣跃然于纸上。 罗马荣光已经黯淡,历史不会改写,但我希望会有一个全新的世界,在那里奥勒良已经重振帝国、希拉克略没有英雄气短,君士坦丁十一能够含笑离去。可能吉本也会有同样的心愿吧。 如果不能,那就让这套书把那个英雄的时代传唱下去,让那个文明活在纸香里,活在今天我们的心中,这也算是我,一个新手编辑,一个不合格的精罗,对那个时代一点微不足道的敬意。
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