THE CRIMES OF ELAGABALUS: THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF ROME’S DECADENT BOY EMPEROR
Book ID/图书代码： 06545014B67327
English Summary/英文概要： Elagabalus is one of the most notorious of Rome’s ’bad emperors’: a sexually-depraved and eccentric hedonist who in his short and riotous reign made unprecedented changes to Roman state religion and defied all taboos. An oriental boy-priest from Syria - aged just fourteen when he was elevated to power in 218 CE - he placed the sun god El-Gabal at the head of the established Roman pantheon, engaged in orgiastic rituals, took male and female lovers, wore feminine dress and prostituted himself in taverns and even inside the imperial palace. Since his assassination by Praetorian Guards at the age of eighteen, Elagabalus has been an object of fascination to historians and a source of inspiration for artists and writers. This immensely readable book examines the life of one of the Roman Empire’s most colourful figures, and charts the many guises of his legacy: from evil tyrant to firebrand rebel, from mystical androgyne to modern gay teenager, from decadent sensualist to ancient pop star.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 埃拉加巴卢斯是罗马帝国历史上最为臭名昭著的帝王之一：性生活糜烂，诡异的享乐主义者，在其短暂而狂乱的统治期间，他对罗马帝国的宗教进行了天翻地覆的改变，并藐视了一切的禁忌。埃拉加巴卢斯原始一名来自帝国东方叙利亚的少年祭司---公元218年登基时年仅14岁---他将太阳神埃拉加巴悬挂在罗马众神殿上方，沉湎于淫乱的仪式之中，同时拥有男性与女性爱人，穿着女性的裙装衣着在小酒馆中卖身，甚至还在帝国的宫殿中进行这样的行为。18岁被罗马禁卫军暗杀后，埃拉加巴卢斯一直以来都是历史学家们的狂热研究对象，同时他也为许多的艺术家和作家们提供了灵感来源。这部极具可读性的书籍详细探究了罗马帝国历史上最具传奇色彩的人物之一，并记录了他所呈现出的许多不同的形象：从邪恶的暴君到煽动性的叛乱者，从神秘的两性人到现代的同性恋少年，甚至从腐化堕落的声色主义者到古代的流行名人。（DC）
Awards/获奖情况："本书叙事清晰，结构了然，文风鲜活，同时易于阅读。它不是一部通常意义上的帝国传记，而是进行了更为宽泛的研究，其中涵盖了宗教信仰的本质、文化与宗族，对于帝国形象的呈现以及罗马和周边地区对此的反应。书中重要且原创的一部分便是对于经典文化传播的描绘以及罗马在后期的包容性，尤其是接受了埃拉加巴卢斯在歌剧戏剧以及小说中不断变化的形象。”---布莱恩·坎普贝尔，罗马史教授，贝尔法斯特女王大学。
“马克金·洛克斯所著的鲜活传记作品。”---《星期六泰晤士报》
"通过对各种叙述文字及资料的分析，并综合近期学者们所进行的合理的评估，洛克斯为我们呈现出了极具说服力且十分一致的观点，通过古代文学资料所拼凑出埃拉加巴卢斯的真实形象。"----H-NET书评（美国）
’This is a clear and well-organized account written in a lively and approachable way. It is not a routine imperial biography, but a much wider study encompassing the nature of religious belief, culture and ethnicity, the presentation of the imperial image and the response to this in Rome and the provinces. An important and original aspect is the description of the dissemination of classical culture and the reception of Rome in later periods, and in particular the changing image of Elagabalus in opera, drama and fiction.’ --Brian Campbell, Professor of Roman History, Queen’s University Belfast
’Martyn Icks’s racy biography --The Sunday Times
’By analyzing narrative and material sources and synthesizing the valid assessments of recent scholarship, Icks presents a cogent and consistent argument for what from the ancient literary sources constitutes evidence for the real Elagabalus.’ --H-Net Reviews (USA)
’By analyzing narrative and material sources and synthesizing the valid assessments of recent scholarship, Icks presents a cogent and consistent argument for what from the ancient literary sources constitutes evidence for the real Elagabalus.’ --H-Net Reviews (USA)
About the Author/作者介绍： 马克金·洛克斯是德国杜塞尔多夫大学的一名博士后研究员。2008年，他以优异的成绩获得了荷兰梅奈亨大学博士学位。
Martijn Icks is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Düsseldorf, Germany. He obtained his PhD cum laude at the University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands in 2008.
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