SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome-SPQR：古罗马史

作者：Mary Beard

书名：SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome《SPQR：古罗马史》

中文简介：SPQR：罗马史（英语：SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome），是由英国剑桥大学古典学家玛丽·比尔德所著的历史书。此书于2015年由波尼和里福莱特出版社出版，是《纽约时报》当年非科幻书籍类别中最畅销书籍之一。这本书介绍了罗马自公元前63年起至公元212年间，罗马共和国及罗马帝国如何成长并长久保持了它的超然地位。据作者在序言中所写，她在这本书里所要描述的不是罗马帝国的兴衰。

英文简介：In SPQR, an instant classic, Mary Beard narrates the history of Rome "with passion and without technical jargon" and demonstrates how "a slightly shabby Iron Age village" rose to become the "undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean" (Wall Street Journal). Hailed by critics as animating "the grand sweep and the intimate details that bring the distant past vividly to life" (Economist) in a way that makes "your hair stand on end" (Christian Science Monitor) and spanning nearly a thousand years of history, this "highly informative, highly readable" (Dallas Morning News) work examines not just how we think of ancient Rome but challenges the comfortable historical perspectives that have existed for centuries. With its nuanced attention to class, democratic struggles, and the lives of entire groups of people omitted from the historical narrative for centuries, SPQR will to shape our view of Roman history for decades to come.