论城市公共空间的治理与政治文化——以共和晚期至帝国早期的罗马城为例

Urban Governance and Political Culture:The Historical Case of Late Republican and Early Imperial Rome

共和晚期以来罗马社会发生深刻变化,这种变化使得城市空间布局发生了重大转型,对城市的运行和治理提出了更高的要求。罗马统治者通过建设道路和公共建筑、完善基础设施、设置管理职位和制定法规等措施,供养巨量人口,治理污水、火灾,美化城市环境。古罗马这一特大城市的公共空间治理,其利弊得失值得深入历史分析。

Profound changes occurred in the late republican Roman society and led to major transformations in the spatial layout of the city,which resulted in higher demands for the day-today urban operation and governance.Rome’s rulers struggled,and to a large extent managed to feed its huge population,stave off hunger,clean sewage,put out fires,build roads and public buildings,and embellish the city’s scenery.Rome was renowned for its impressive public infrastructure,as well as its efficacy in many aspects of urban administration and regulations.This ancient metropolis stands out as a profoundly illustrative case for public governance.