History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 — Page 1
HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
罗马帝国衰亡史
Edward Gibbon, Esq.
爱德华·吉本，绅士
With notes by the Rev. H. H. Milman
附牧师H·H·米尔曼注释
Vol. 1
第一卷
1782 (Written), 1845 (Revised)
1782年（写作），1845年（修订）
CONTENTS
目录
Introduction
简介
Preface By The Editor.
编者序。
Preface Of The Author.
作者序。
Preface To The First Volume.
第一卷序言。
Preface To The Fourth Volume Of The Original Quarto Edition.
原四开本第四卷序言。
Chapter I: The Extent Of The Empire In The Age Of The Antonines—Part I.
第一章：安东尼时代帝国的疆域——第一部分。
The Extent And Military Force Of The Empire In The Age Of The Antonines.
安东尼时代帝国的疆域与军事力量。
Chapter I: The Extent Of The Empire In The Age Of The Antonines.—Part II.
第一章：安东尼时代帝国的疆域——第二部分。
Chapter I: The Extent Of The Empire In The Age Of The Antonines.—Part III.
第一章：安东尼时代帝国的疆域——第三部分。
Chapter II: The Internal Prosperity In The Age Of The Antonines.—Part I.
第二章：安东尼时代的内部繁荣——第一部分。
Of The Union And Internal Prosperity Of The Roman Empire, In The Age Of The Antonines.
论安东尼时代罗马帝国的统一与内部繁荣。
Chapter II: The Internal Prosperity In The Age Of The Antonines.—Part II.
第二章：安东尼时代的内部繁荣——第二部分。
Chapter II: The Internal Prosperity In The Age Of The Antonines.—Part III.
第二章：安东尼时代的内部繁荣——第三部分。
Chapter II: The Internal Prosperity In The Age Of The Antonines. Part IV.
第二章：安东尼时代的内部繁荣——第四部分。
Chapter III: The Constitution In The Age Of The Antonines.—Part I.
第三章：安东尼时代的宪制——第一部分。
Of The Constitution Of The Roman Empire, In The Age Of The Antonines.
论安东尼时代罗马帝国的宪制。
Chapter III: The Constitution In The Age Of The Antonines.—Part II.
第三章：安东尼时代的宪制——第二部分。
Chapter IV: The Cruelty, Follies And Murder Of Commodus.—Part I.
第四章：康茂德的残暴、荒唐与被杀——第一部分。
The Cruelty, Follies, And Murder Of Commodus—Election Of Pertinax—His Attempts To Reform The State—His Assassination By The Prætorian Guards.
康茂德的残暴、荒唐与被杀——佩蒂纳克斯的当选——其改革国家的尝试——其遭禁卫军刺杀。
Vocabulary
- 罗马
- Luómǎ — Rome, the ancient city and civilization
- 帝国
- dìguó — Empire, a large politically unified territory
- 衰亡
- shuāiwáng — Decline and fall, gradual collapse of power
- 史
- shǐ — History, historical record or chronicle
- 绅士
- shēnshì — Gentleman, a man of good social standing
- 附
- fù — Attached, supplemented with additional content
- 牧师
- mùshī — Pastor or reverend, a Christian religious leader
- 注释
- zhùshì — Annotations, explanatory notes added to text
- 第
- dì — Ordinal prefix indicating numbered sequence
- 一
- yī — One, the first number
- 卷
- juǎn — Volume, one book in a multi-volume series
- 年
- nián — Year, unit of time measurement
- 写作
- xiězuò — Writing, the act of composing text
- 修订
- xiūdìng — Revised, updated and corrected edition
- 目
- mù — Contents, heading or list entry
- 录
- lù — Record, list or catalogue of items
- 简
- jiǎn — Brief, short or simplified introduction
- 介
- jiè — Introduction, brief overview of content
- 编者
- biānzhě — Editor, person who compiles or edits work
- 序
- xù — Preface, introductory remarks before main text
- 作者
- zuòzhě — Author, person who writes a literary work
- 序言
- xùyán — Preface or foreword, author's opening statement
- 原
- yuán — Original, the first or unmodified version
- 四
- sì — Four, the number four
- 章
- zhāng — Chapter, a main division of a book
- 时代
- shídài — Era or age, a distinct historical period
- 的
- de — Possessive or attributive particle linking nouns
- 疆域
- jiāngyù — Territory, the geographic extent of an empire
- 部分
- bùfen — Part or section, a portion of a whole
- 与
- yǔ — And, a conjunction linking two elements
- 军事
- jūnshì — Military, relating to armed forces and warfare
- 力量
- lìliàng — Strength or power, capacity to exert force
- 二
- èr — Two, the second number
- 三
- sān — Three, the third number
- 内部
- nèibù — Internal, relating to inside affairs or structure
- 繁荣
- fánróng — Prosperity, a state of flourishing economic growth
- 论
- lùn — Discourse or treatise, an essay on a topic
- 统一
- tǒngyī — Unity or unification, being combined as one
- 宪制
- xiànzhì — Constitutional system, governance by constitution
- 残暴
- cánbào — Cruel and brutal, extremely violent behavior
- 荒唐
- huāngtáng — Absurd or outrageous, wildly unreasonable conduct
- 被杀
- bèi shā — Was killed, passive form of being murdered
- 当选
- dāngxuǎn — Elected or chosen, selected through a process
- 其
- qí — His or its, third-person possessive pronoun
- 改革
- gǎigé — Reform, making changes to improve a system
- 国家
- guójiā — State or nation, an organized political community
- 尝试
- chángshì — Attempt, trying to do something new
- 遭
- zāo — To suffer or encounter something negative
- 禁卫军
- jìnwèijūn — Praetorian Guard, elite Roman imperial bodyguard unit
- 刺杀
- cìshā — Assassination, killing by stabbing or attack
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