The Histories

Robin Waterfield is an author and translator. His many acclaimed translations for OWC include Plato's Republic and five other Plato translations, Plutarch, Herodotus, Aristotle, Xenophon and Euripides. Brian McGing has written articles on the Hellenistic period and recently completed a book on Polybius. He is Regius Professor of Greek at Trinity College Dublin.

出版者:Oxford University Press

作者:Polybius (auhor)

页数:560

译者:Robin Waterfield

出版时间:2010-11-11

价格:GBP 11.99

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780199534708

丛书系列:Oxford World's Classics

图书标签:历史古罗马西洋古代英文版英文原版英文地中海史学理论

Here is the first new translation for over thirty years of Polybius' Histories , the major source for our knowledge of the Eternal City's early rise to power, covering the years of the Second Punic War, the defeat of Hannibal, and Rome's pivotal victories in the Mediterranean. Polybius, himself a leading Greek politician of the time, attributes Rome's success to the greatness of its constitution and the character of its people, but also allows Fortune a role in shaping world events. This new translation by Robin Waterfield includes the first five books in their entirety, and all of the fragmentary Books 6 and 12. Brian McGing's lucid introduction discusses the period covered by the Histories , Polybius' major role in the reconstruction of Greece after the defeat of the Achaean League, the themes and subject matter of the individual books, Polybius' outspoken views on how (and how not), and his significance for historiography. The book also includes succinct, clear notes, maps, a glossary, and an index of proper names.

Features

The first new translation for over thirty years of Polybius' Histories , the major source for our knowledge of Rome's rise to world power and her method of rule in the years 220-146 BC, including the Second Punic War, the defeat of Hannibal and Rome's victories in the Mediterranean.

Includes the only five books to survive in their entirety, plus all the fragmentary Books 6 and 12, an account of the Roman constitution and an analysis of how to write history (and how not to write it).

Robin Waterfield's fresh translation makes Polybius accessible to a new generation of readers and students.

Brian McGing's lucid introduction discusses the period covered by the Histories , Polybius' major role in the reconstruction of Greece after the defeat of the Achaean League, the themes and subject matter of the individual books, and Polybius' historical theory and method and significance for historiography.

Includes succinct, clear notes, maps, glossary, index of proper names.

读后感

想了解一段历史，最快捷的办法是读当事人留下来的作品，所以在卓越网看到这本《THE RISE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE罗马帝国的崛起》时，即使没有太大的优惠我也毫不犹豫的买下来。这本书的作者作为第三次布尼战争的指挥官小西庇阿的朋友波利比阿，亲眼见证了迦太基帝国的毁灭和罗马...  

上海三联本想出波里比阿的《通史》译本，现在也没有任何结果。希望有出版社引进，出简体字版。译者曾在英国念古典学的博士。  

在古代，政治思想家一般按照统治者的人数，把政体划分为三种。一个人统治的，叫君主制；少数人统治的，叫贵族制；多数人统治的，叫民主制。但除此之外，人们发现还有一些国家，它们的政体非常特殊。这些国家可能有多个不同的人或者部门，各自掌握了一部分权力，共同进行统治。...  

本书是一部史学名著，可惜国人不太知道。 作者波里比阿是古希腊人，后因战争失败，作为贵族人质被带到罗马，以后成了小西庇阿的家庭教师，亲眼看到迦太基文明被彻底征服。迦太基曾是地中海的王者，古希腊字母即源于迦太基，如果说波里比阿初期还不太看得起“野蛮的”罗马人，...  

原始史料: 阿庇安罗马史 罗马帝国的崛起 (节译本????说好的希腊化呢) 外族名将传 希腊罗马名人传 李维罗马史 (有关汉尼拔的描写没有中译文，哪位大神可以翻译个全本出来吗????) 哈利卡那索斯的狄...  

用户评价

論羅馬如何成為橫跨歐亞非的帝國。征服西西里前後事件和戰役回顧。中心意思成敗關鍵是運氣，哈哈。

論羅馬如何成為橫跨歐亞非的帝國。征服西西里前後事件和戰役回顧。中心意思成敗關鍵是運氣，哈哈。

論羅馬如何成為橫跨歐亞非的帝國。征服西西里前後事件和戰役回顧。中心意思成敗關鍵是運氣，哈哈。

发现和另外一本搞错了……

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