Way of Augustus

A masterpiece of foreign history, the author writes very well about the establishment of the Roman Empire and the style of Caesar's era.

A good book in the history category, about ancient Rome. I personally feel that Sulla is written close to historical facts. The plot is clear, the thinking is clear, and the logic is reasonable. It is a novel that can be read again and again.

I came across an old book... This book has the best taste among the three Sula books. Some people may think that the flavor is different from the general historical works, but in fact this is the interest of Western historical novels before modern times. Moreover, to be honest, Chinese historical novels usually beautify the historical environment too much, and they stand very "highly", and their positions are those of big bureaucrats and nobles. Even in "Imperial Examinations" or other novels in which the protagonist climbs up from the bottom, the protagonist is more like an undeveloped big bureaucrat than someone who actually climbed up from the bottom. Maybe these beautifications will make readers feel relaxed and interesting, but they will lose some... How should I say... "Flavor". In this work, even the big bureaucrats, big aristocrats, and "divine heirs" have a strong sense of mud and rotten leaves, although this characteristic may have been deliberately strengthened. To me, this is more interesting than those "ordinary" historical novels that are almost entirely narrow imaginary works such as "palace battles" and "power plots" among the upper class. The connection and interaction between the "upper class" and the "lower class" (in this work and another of Sulla's works, it is the 'old soldiers' and the 'merchants of all nationalities') is much stronger than some works that treat the "lower class" (and sometimes even the upper class) as numbers and puppets, and another part that makes the lower class life funny and stupid (sorry, sorry for coining the word here). (Of course, this does not mean that there are no interesting works.) Therefore, sometimes when you see a work of historical fiction in which you cannot see the bias (especially foreign history, there are too many people who believe that the "dark" Middle Ages did not take baths and everywhere was underdeveloped. But if this is true, the Renaissance has no material foundation at all. Therefore, we cannot ideally believe that there is no change and development in the Middle Ages. Just like other historical periods, the Middle Ages have been developing, and the speed is getting faster and faster), and I patiently read a few more chapters before deciding whether to continue reading. I have to read many books several times before I have the patience to read them and realize that they are good works. I've said a lot, so let's stop here.

The plot runs through the three eras before and after, reflecting the truth that those who dare to travel through the liberal arts must be in the Department of Foreign Languages ​​and History.