Roman Britain Since Gollingwood

PETER SALWAY. Roman Britain. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1981. Pp. xxi, 824. $49.95 (US).     

罗马帝国的地方政府——以不列颠为例

本文通过分析罗马政府在不列颠的运作以揭示元首制时期罗马行省体系的运作机制。对总督及代理官任命之考察表明,罗马官员具有非职业性,他们生活在相对固定的晋升体系中,一生需要出任诸多不同职位,并没有为出任某个职位接受专门训练,所以无法发展出专业行政知识。此外,元首制时期官僚机构尚未增生,行省中罗马官员的数量屈指可数。这些都为地方自治开辟了空间。在某些罗马势力不易渗透的地方,地方自治政府在征服初期以藩属国的形式出现。随着时机成熟,藩属国作为一种权宜之计逐渐被具有高度自治权的城市所代替。城市里的地方官员在刑事案件之审理和直接税之征收方面发挥了重要作用。尽可能把行政负担转嫁到地方政府身上是罗马帝国正常运转的奥秘所在。     

行省中的罗马军队:以罗马不列颠为中心

进入帝国时期以后,罗马的扩张活动基本上偃旗息鼓。相应地,元首制时期的罗马军队经历了两个重要变化。一是兵源募选日益本土化,这使军团和辅助军之间的区别日渐淡化。二是行省驻军日益定居化,这使军队作为自成一体的社会具有隔离于非军事区的趋势。由于这两个变化,军队在和平时期的非军事功能日益突出。对不列颠罗马驻军的考察表明,军队对行省的影响主要体现在：军队对城市化进程起重要的推动作用;向军队供应粮食带动了不列颠南方地区的农业发展;军队是普及罗马公民权的重要渠道。关注这些非军事功能有助于更充分地理解作为罗马帝国主义工具的军队。     

Military Identities in Late Roman Britain

Changes in the material culture of the late Roman army in Britain mean that it is often difficult to identify archaeologically. Some of these changes have in the past been taken as symptoms of decline, without attempt at further explanation. This paper aims to explore these changes and their deeper significance, within a theoretical framework which stresses the importance of the use of material culture in the expression of identities. Building from a detailed case study of fourth century occupation at Caerleon, it will be suggested that categorising material as ‘civilian’ or ‘military’ obscures complex patterns of both uniformity and variation between different kinds of site. These have implications not only for our understanding of the army in fourth and fifth century Britain, but also for society in general at this time, as it is within this wider context that the army should be seen.     

20世纪史家论历史文学

本文概述了 2 0世纪历史文学研究的历程 ,把 2 0世纪史家关于历史文学的观点归纳为三种 :一是强调科学性而不主张使用文学笔法 ,代表人物是陈垣、何炳松 ;二是强调历史写作的艺术性 ,代表人物是梁启超、张荫麟 ;三是既强调科学性 ,又重视艺术性 ,提出“准确、凝练、生动”的历史文学原则 ,代表人物是白寿彝。认为应当继承和发扬 2 0世纪史家在历史著述方面的优良学风     

关于联邦德国第一代史学家的争论

联邦德国史学界历来争论不休。新旧世纪之交,那里又兴起了关于原西德第一代历史学家在第三帝国时期追随纳粹的历史的争论。这一争论涉及到许多历史学家,而争论中心主要是在战后西德史学界起主导作用的著名历史学家康策(W．Conze 1910—1986年),席     

The Vindolanda Timepiece: Time and Calendar Reckoning in Roman Britain

In 2008 a fragment of a time‐reckoning device was found at Vindolanda. This fragment has been interpreted as part of an anaphoric water clock. There are important differences between this fragment and other objects thought to come from anaphoric water clocks. This article seeks to reinterpret the fragment in terms of a broader array of Roman time‐reckoning tools than anaphoric water clocks and also in terms of the archaeological context of Vindolanda in which the fragment was found. The emphasis on cultural context in interpreting this fragment reveals much about the temporal consciousness of its possible users and maker.     

罗马帝国3世纪危机时期军队蛮族化问题

3世纪是罗马帝国历史上的特殊时期。这一时期,帝国发生了全面的奴隶制危机,其伴生性后果之一便是军队的蛮族化。罗马军队蛮族化由来已久,是一个渐进性、历时性的过程,3世纪罗马军队蛮族化步伐加快是其必然结果。蛮族化改变了军队的构成,军队性质也发生了变化,其消极影响大于积极因素、3世纪危机强化了军队的蛮族化,并加快了这一历史进程。