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The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium

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內容簡介 一場被歷史忽略卻影響深遠的戰役：亞克興戰役，安東尼、埃及豔后跟屋大維的攻防與心計，如何影響羅馬帝國，更甚─如何改變了整個古文明的走向？當凱薩遭到暗殺，馬克‧安東尼擊敗那些密謀者並成為羅馬最有權勢的人，但當他見到擁有絕世容貌的埃及豔后，克莉奧佩托拉，他和凱薩一樣成為克莉奧佩托拉重掌權力的賭注，他們未來的子嗣將會統御羅馬，而這嚴重影響到凱薩的正統繼承人─屋大維，一場戰爭將無可避免的爆發...A “splendid” (The Wall Street Journal) account of one of history’s most important and yet little-known wars, the campaign culminating in the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, whose outcome determined the future of the Roman Empire.Following Caesar’s assassination and Mark Antony’s defeat of the conspirators who killed Caesar, two powerful men remained in Rome—Antony and Caesar’s chosen heir, young Octavian, the future Augustus. When Antony fell in love with the most powerful woman in the world, Egypt’s ruler Cleopatra, and thwarted Octavian’s ambition to rule the empire, another civil war broke out. In 31 BC one of the largest naval battles in the ancient world took place—more than 600 ships, almost 200,000 men, and one woman—the Battle of Actium. Octavian prevailed over Antony and Cleopatra, who subsequently killed themselves.The Battle of Actium had great consequences for the empire. Had Antony and Cleopatra won, the empire’s capital might have moved from Rome to Alexandria, Cleopatra’s capital, and Latin might have become the empire’s second language after Greek, which was spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean, including Egypt.In this “superbly recounted” (The National Review) history, Barry Strauss, ancient history authority, describes this consequential battle with the drama and expertise that it deserves. The War That Made the Roman Empire is essential history that features three of the greatest figures of the ancient world."

作者介紹

作者介紹 Barry StraussBarry Strauss is a professor of history and classics at Cornell University, The Corliss Page Dean Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and a leading expert on ancient military history. He has written or edited several books, including The Battle of Salamis, The Trojan War, The Spartacus War, Masters of Command, The Death of Caesar, and Ten Caesars. Visit BarryStrauss.com.

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最佳賣點 : 造就羅馬的重要戰役：西元前31年亞克興(Actium)戰役