EMPEROR MAXENTIUS: THE LAST GREAT ROMAN
Book ID/图书代码： 10567026C00090
English Summary/英文概要： This is a biography of the last man who can truly be considered a ‘Roman’ emperor. Maxentius was the last pagan emperor to rule in Rome itself, the last emperor to reside on the Palatine, the last emperor with a Praetorian Guard. He was a prolific builder, popular with the people and armies of Rome, and surprisingly successful against impressive odds, fighting off two opposing emperors, until felled by disaster at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge.
Simon Turney examines his background (he was the son of Emperor Maximian) and describes the context of the imperial situation of the Tetrarchy leading to his rise. He sifts all the evidence, architectural, numismatic and inscriptive, attempting to identify where Christian (and Constantinian) bias has warped the truth. He narrates Maxentius’ six year reign during a tumultuous time of civil wars, culminating in the dramatic battle of the Milvian Bridge, where he fell. He peels back the later vilification by Christian sources and reveals a capable emperor, a great builder (with a legacy of monuments still visible) and, ironically, a tolerant ruler who ended the Great Persecution of Christians in his territories years before Constantine followed suit.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 這是一本關於最後一位真正意義上的「羅馬」皇帝的傳記。馬克森提烏斯是最後一位在羅馬城統治的異教皇帝，最後一位居住在帕拉蒂尼山的皇帝，也是最後一位擁有禁衛軍的皇帝。他是一位多產的建造者，深受羅馬人民和軍隊的愛戴，並且在極其不利的條件下取得了驚人的成功，擊退了兩位敵對的皇帝，直到在米爾維安橋戰役中不幸陣亡。
西蒙·特尼(SIMON TURNEY)考察了他的背景（他是馬克西米安皇帝之子），並描述了四帝共治時期帝國的局勢，以及他崛起的原因。他仔細研究了所有證據，包括建築、錢幣和銘文，試圖找出基督教（以及君士坦丁）的偏見在哪些方面扭曲了真相。他敘述了馬克森提烏斯在動盪的內戰時期六年的統治，最終以米爾維安橋戰役的慘烈結局告終，他在此役中陣亡。他揭開了基督教文獻後來的詆毀，展現了一位能幹的皇帝、一位偉大的建造者（留下的紀念碑至今仍清晰可見），而且具有諷刺意味的是，他還是一位寬容的統治者，在他統治的領土上結束了對基督徒的大迫害，比君士坦丁早了好幾年。(Zoe)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 西蒙·特尼(Simon Turney)是一位羅馬歷史學家，著有羅馬將軍阿格里科拉的傳記。他數十年來走訪英國的羅馬軍事遺址，研究羅馬部隊（特別是輔助部隊）的碑文和其他證據。他曾參與羅馬歷史重演活動，從某種意義上說，他親身經歷了那段歷史。此外，他也創作了多部歷史小說。
About Simon Turney
Simon Turney is a Roman historian, author of a biography of the Roman general Agricola, and has spent several decades visiting Roman military sites in Britain and studying the epigraphy and other evidence of Roman units, specifically the auxilia. He has been a Roman reenactor, experiencing the history from the inside, so to speak. He is also the author of several historical novels.
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