DANGEROUS DAYS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE: A HISTORY OF THE TERRORS AND THE TORMENTS, THE DIRT, DISEASES AND DEATHS SUFFERED BY OUR ANCESTORS
Book ID/图书代码： 10010013B62724
English Summary/英文概要： From the internationally bestselling author of Horrible Histories, the first volume in new series for adults. Unabridged edition
Dangerous Days in the Roman Empire is the first in a new adult series by Terry Deary, the author of the hugely bestselling Horrible Histories, popular among children for their disgusting details, gory information and sharp wit, and among adults for engaging children (and themselves) with history.
The Romans have long been held up as one of the first ’civilised’ societies, and yet in fact they were capable of immense cruelty. Not only that, but they made the killing of humans into a sport. The spoiled emperors were the perpetrators (and sometimes the victims) of some imaginative murders. Dangerous Days in the Roman Empire will include some of the violent ways to visit the Elysian Fields (i.e. death) including: animal attack in the Coliseum; being thrown from the Tarpeian Rock - 370 deserters in 214 AD alone (or if the emperor didn’t like your poetry); by volcanic eruption from Vesuvius; by kicking (Nero’s fatal quarrel with the Empress Poppea); from poison mushrooms (Claudius); by great fires; torturous tarring; flogging to death; boiling lead (the invention of ’kind’ Emperor Constantine); or being skinned alive by invading barbarians.
Dangerous Days in the Roman Empire looks at the back-story leading up to the victims’ deaths, and in doing so gives the general reader a concise history of a misunderstood era.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 罗马帝国的危机时日：恐惧和痛苦，疾病和死亡
《罗马帝国的危机时日》是特里·迪瑞的第一个全新的成人历史系列作品。罗马人是一直以来被推崇为是人类‘文明社会’的范本，然而现实中在这段历史中却涌现了大量的残酷事实。不仅如此，古罗马人甚至把杀戮作为一种体育竞技运动。罗马任性的皇帝都是这一残忍杀人娱乐项目（有时是受害者）的实施者。《罗马帝国的危机时日》包括了当时罗马人寻访极乐世界（即死亡）的一些暴力方式，其中就有公元214年，曾有370名逃兵（或是如果当时的皇帝不喜欢你所做的诗歌的话），就会从塔尔皮亚岩扔下，在著名的竞技场进行人兽互博；来自维苏威火山的火山喷发；（尼禄与波佩亚女王的致命争执之后）所引发的动荡；（克劳狄一世）的毒蘑菇；罗马的大火；
令人痛苦的倾轧；民众对帝国的失望；以及后者所引发的民怨沸腾（康斯坦丁对‘人性’的倡导）；以压倒性优势击败了蛮族的入侵。
《罗马帝国的危机时日》着重阐述了引发无辜者悲剧上演的幕后故事，让普通大众得以了解那个时不时会被误读的历史时代的真正面目。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：Terry Deary’s first adult-rated version of his child-friendly Horrible Histories relishes "the terrors and the torments, the dirt, diseases and deaths suffered by our ancestors". (Iain Finlayson THE TIMES 2013-11-23)
About the Author/作者介绍： Terry Deary is the author of over 200 books, and was voted Outstanding Children’s Non-Fiction Author of the 20th Century by Books for Keeps magazine.
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