罗马人如是说
As the Romans Did
Jo-Ann Shelton · 初版 1988 年
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本畅销资料书的第二版经过修订，增添了新的选篇并更新了文献参考资料，对古罗马的日常生活进行了丰富而生动的展现。它提供了从拉丁语和希腊语原始材料中提炼的丰富精彩文献的清晰、生动译文——涵盖私人信件、农耕手册、医学文献、烹饪食谱，乃至诗歌、涂鸦和墓志铭。每篇选文都被翻译成通俗易懂的现代英语。这一新版增加了50多篇新选文，引入了全新主题，并拓展了现有主
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……虽说历史是由伟大人物和重大事件塑造的，但大多数人并不伟大，了解那个时代的普通人总是让人着迷。我读过且很喜欢的有：- Jo-Ann Shelton 写的《As The Romans Did》。这本书试图描摹罗马帝国日常生活的图景；- Sylvester Judd 和 Lucius Manlius Boltwood 写的《History of Hadley》，详细记录了马萨诸塞州一个小镇的历史。
…it's true that history is made by great people and great events, most people are not great and reading about the common people of the time is always fascinating. Ones I have read and enjoyed are: - As The Romans Did by Jo-Ann Shelton. This book tries to paint a picture of everyday life in the Roman Empire - History of Hadley by Sylvester Judd, Lucius Manlius Boltwood. Details the history of a small town in Massachusetts.
> 如果拥有像罗马人那样大兴土木的资源，在其他条件相同的情况下，他们的建筑留存下来的会更少，还是质量会更差？感谢提问。要深入讨论细节得聊很长，首先……
> and had the resources to build as much as the Romans did would less of their buildings have survived or would they have been of worse quality everything else staying equal? Thanks for the question. It would be a very long discussion to have in details, starting…
……那场文化战争，就因为“男同色情片”。实际上，他们采取的更多是古希腊罗马式的方式，认为普通男性被可爱的 twink 吸引就像当年罗马人一样完全正常，甚至一开始就常常反对“性取向”这种概念。他们的“支持”绝对不是美国“文化战争”里大家预想的那种意思，像下面这样的段子……
…that culture war because of the “gay porn”. In reality, they take more of a classical Graeco-Roman approach to it and believe it's completely normal for the average male to be attracted to cute twinks as the Romans did and often even reject the very notion of “sexual orientations” to begin with. Their “support” is definitely not in the sense of what one would expect of the U.S.A. “culture war”, jokes such as the below…