《帝国的开端》【内容简介】

　　本书追溯了从布匿战争到哈德良之间的罗马的故事。在这段罗马历史中最具张力的段落，罗马经历了从共和国向帝国的转型。本书聚焦这段时期的文化、政治和民间的转变，其中包括与汉尼拔的战争、迦太基的毁灭、奥古斯都的帝国建设和哈德良著名的长城，这一过程导致了君主制的建立和领土的夺取，而所有这些都促成了欧洲历史上最成功的多元文化国家。这本书以一种生动的、学术性的方式来探寻一个重要的时代。

　　【著者简介】

　　大卫·波特，美国密歇根大学希腊与罗马历史讲席教授，古典研究荣誉教授。著有《罗马的皇帝》《古罗马新史》《罗马帝国危机中的预言和历史》《先知和皇帝》《文本和罗马历史学家》等书。

　　【译者简介】

　　王晨，毕业于上海交通大学，译作有《古典传统》《教化》《罗马元老院与人民》《黑死病》《金与铁》《论欧洲》《拷问法国大革命》《破碎的生活》等。

The Beginning of the Empire 【 Content Introduction 】

This book traces the story of Rome from the Punic Wars to Hadrian. In one of the most dramatic episodes in Roman history, Rome went through the transition from republic to empire. This book focuses on the cultural, political, and folk transformations of this period, which included the war with Hannibal, the destruction of Carthage, the empire building of Augustus, and Hadrian's famous Wall, a process that led to the establishment of monarchies and the seizure of territory, all of which contributed to the most successful multicultural state in European history. This book explores an important era in a lively, scholarly way.

【 Introduction of author 】

David Porter is Professor of Greek and Roman History and Professor emeritus of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan. He is the author of The Emperor of Rome, The New History of Ancient Rome, Prophecy and History in the Crisis of the Roman Empire, Prophets and Emperors, Texts and Roman Historians and other books.

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Wang Chen, graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, has translated Classical Tradition, Enlightenment, The Roman Senate and the People, The Black Death, Gold and Iron, On Europe, Interrogation of the French Revolution, Broken Life and other works.