《拜占庭复兴的守护者》【内容简介】
拜占庭帝国皇帝罗曼努斯一世一直被学界所忽视，但在帝国面临压力的阶段，他的统治起到了关键作用。
罗曼努斯一世出身农民，一步步升至海军元帅之职，在君士坦丁七世年幼时篡权夺位。在位时期，对外，罗曼努斯一世固守首都，抵挡住了如日中天的保加利亚帝国的多次攻势，耐心等候保加利亚君主西美昂死去。而且，他提拔了勇将库尔库阿斯，库尔库阿斯攻下多个城镇，包围埃德萨，迫使该城献出圣像，扭转了帝国东部边境守势。对内，罗曼努斯没有与教会的强硬派牧首尼古拉斯正面冲突，而是耐心等候其衰老而亡，化解了教会的掣肘。另外，他立法约束土地兼并，意图限制封建大家族扩张。
作为篡位者，罗曼努斯却并未谋害君士坦丁七世，反而将女儿嫁给了他。年老多病时，罗曼努斯一世不断忏悔，立嘱将君士坦丁七世列为第一继承者。在罗曼努斯治下，拜占庭帝国挺过了保加利亚带来的危机，维持了复兴之势，他实际上为君士坦丁七世守护了帝国。
【著者简介】
史蒂文‧朗西曼，英国著名拜占庭史、中世纪史专家。主要著作有《1453：君士坦丁堡的陷落》（TheFallofConstantinople1453）、《十字军史》（AHistoryoftheCrusades，三卷）、《西西里晚祷》（TheSicilianVespers）等。
Guardians of the Byzantine Revival
The Byzantine Emperor Romanus I has been largely overlooked by scholars, but his rule played a key role in a period when the empire was under pressure.
Romanus I was born a peasant and rose to the rank of marshal, usurping the throne when Constantine VII was a child. During the period of his reign, Romanus I held the capital, resisted the repeated attacks of the Bulgarian Empire, and patiently waited for the death of the Bulgarian monarch Simeon. Moreover, he promoted the brave general Curcuas, who captured several towns, surrounded Edessa, and forced the city to surrender its icon, turning the imperial defense on the eastern frontier. At home, Romanus did not confront the church's hardline patriarch Nicholas, but patiently waited for his old age to die, resolving the constraints of the church. In addition, he legislated to restrict the annexation of land, intending to limit the expansion of feudal large families.
As a usurper, Romanus did not murder Constantine VII, but married his daughter to him. When Romanus I was old and ill, he repeatedly repented and ordered Constantine VII to be named as his first successor. Under Romanus, the Byzantine Empire survived the Bulgarian crisis and maintained its revival, effectively protecting the empire for Constantine VII.
【 Introduction of author 】
Steven Runciman is a famous British expert on Byzantine and medieval history. The main works are "1453: the fall of Constantinople (TheFallofConstantinople1453), the history of the Crusades (AHistoryoftheCrusades, three volumes)," Sicilian vespers "(TheSicilianVespers), etc.
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