Collection of Ancient Roman Civilization Documents (two Volumes)
by Editor-in-chief Yang Gongle
About This Novel
"Collection of Documents of Ancient Roman Civilization" is an important part of the "One Belt and One Road" ancient civilization literature series, and is divided into two volumes: upper and lower volumes. The first volume mainly selects biographies, autobiographies, letters, speeches, waterways and other works to display the Romans' thoughts and life as well as public buildings closely related to citizen life from multiple levels. The characters in the biographies have distinctive personalities, the autobiographies have unique personalities, the letters are authentic and reliable, the contents of the speeches are moving, and the discussion on waterways is magnificent. Although the content selected in the previous volume is limited and the writing is different, they all reflect the spiritual outlook and material achievements of the Romans. This book has important reference value for people to deeply understand the spiritual and material world of Rome. The second volume mainly focuses on the early Roman society and the Roman Empire in the eyes of foreigners, as well as the Romans' reflections on their own culture, especially the decline of speech. It has profound thoughts and unique perspectives. From here, we can see another "Rome" that is different from the objectively existing "Rome". This is the "Rome" described by scholars. In addition, the second volume also selects some people's views on Roman religion, culture and diplomacy at that time, showing the conflicts between the Eastern Roman Empire, the Western Roman Empire and the Huns, and the relationship between Christianity and Roman traditional culture, providing first-hand information for people to better understand the late Roman Empire.
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