书目

The Later Roman Empire

内容简介

AmmianusMarcellinuswasthelastgreatRomanhistorian,andhiswritingsrankalongsidethoseofLivyandTacitus.TheLaterRomanEmpirechroniclesaperiodoftwenty-fiveyearsduringMarcellinus'ownlifetime,coveringthereignsofConstantius,Julian,Jovian,ValentinianI,andValens,andprovidingeyewitnessaccountsofsignificantmilitaryeventsincludingtheBattleofStrasbourgandtheGoth'sRevolt.Portrayingatimeofrapidanddramaticchange,MarcellinusdescribesanEmpireexhaustedbyexcessivetaxation,corruption,thefinancialruinofthemiddleclassesandtheprogressivedeclineinthemoraleofthearmy.InthismagisterialdepictionoftheclosingdecadesoftheRomanEmpire,wecanseetheseedsofeventsthatweretoleadtothefallofthecity,justtwentyyearsafterMarcellinus'death.

作者简介

AmmianusMarcellinuswasthelastgreatRomanhistorian,continuingthehistoriesofTacitusfromAD96downtohisownday.Thefirstthirteenofhisthirty-onebooksarelost:theremainderdescribeAD354-378.WalterHamiltontranslatedPlato'sSymposium,theGorgias,PhaedrusandLettersVIIandVIIIforPenguinClassics.AndrewWallace-HadrillisProfessorofClassicsatReadingUniversity.HisbooksincludeSuetonius:theScholarandhisCaesars.

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