古罗马繁荣的野蛮基础

Barbarism’s Support to the Prosperity of Ancient Roman Material Civilization

古罗马曾经有过物质文明的空前繁荣。从公元前4世纪到公元2世纪连续的对外扩张战争,扩大了领土面积,增加了人口,掠夺了海量财富和百万战俘奴隶;加上对行省的剥削和实行大奴隶制,使其物质文明繁荣获得有力的支撑。本文分析了这种支撑方式的野蛮性质,剖析了野蛮支撑文明繁荣这一畸形的历史现象。

Ancient Rome once had an unprecedented prosperity of material civilization. From the 4th century BC to the 2nd century AD,the successive wars of foreign expansion expanded territory,increased population,plundered massive wealth and millions of prisoners of war and slaves. In addition,the exploitation of the provinces and the implementation of the great slave system have provided a solid support for the prosperity of material civilization. This paper analyzes the barbaric nature of this support mode and the abnormal historical phenomenon of barbaric support for the prosperity of civilization.