《犹太战争》中的地理书写与约瑟夫斯的罗马帝国疆域观

The Geographical Writings in the Jewish War and Josephus'Conception of the Roman Frontiers

1世纪晚期,罗马帝国的疆域政策从向外扩张趋向内部整合。犹太史家约瑟夫斯的史书《犹太战争》为考察此时期罗马与边缘行省犹太地区的关系提供了重要的一手文献。受其行省精英和罗马公民双重身份的影响,其史书通过独特的地理书写,一方面传达了行省精英面对帝国扩张时的共识,即维护犹太共同体的安全而避免战争,另一方面,他对于罗马地理边界的勾画,以及他提出的帝国“四至”的疆域观,体现了1世纪晚期罗马统治“无远弗届”的意识形态与现实疆域趋于内部整合的政治实际之间的张力。

The late first century CE saw a change in the Roman frontiers policy from external expansion to inward integration.Against this background,Josephus'Jewish War provides primary sources for the study of the relationship between Rome at the centre and the provinces on the periphery in the particular case of Judaea.Influenced by his double identities both as a provincial elite and a Roman citizen,Josephus'geographical writings,in particular,convey the consensus of provincial elites vis-à-vis the Roman expansion,i.e.securing the Jewish community and avoiding conflicts with Rome.Meanwhile,Josehphus'geographical demarcation of the Roman Empire mirrors the dynamics in the contradiction between the Roman imperial ideology of imperiumsine fine and the political reality of Rome's inward integration of frontiers during the late first century CE.