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Williams的第四个关键词是征服(Conquer)——这是历史的主旋律,也是一切伟大帝国盛衰的原因。罗马大劫(sack of Rome)时,St. Jerome说过,“占有了整个世界的城市被占有了。” (The City which had taken the whole world was itself taken.)征服者迟早会成为被征服者,这也许是“征服”的第一法则。
1) Ozymandias (Rameses II) 1279-c.1213 BC
2) Alexander the Great 356-323 BC
3) The sack of Rome 410 AD
4) The Coronation of Charlemagne 800 AD
5) Chinggis Khan Becomes Sole Riler of the Mongol People 1206
6) The fall of Constantinople 1453
7) The conquest of Mexico 1521
8) The exile of Napoleon Bonaparte to St Helena 1815
9) The Indian Mutiny 1857
10) Hiroshima 1945
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