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They crouched together in filthy hovels in the suburbs of the large cities. They were apt to get sick and die from terrible epidemics. They were all profoundly discontented. They had fought for their country and this was their reward. They were alway...
Two thousand years ago a slave was merely a piece of machinery. Nowadays a rich man invests his money in factories. The rich people of Rome (senators, generals and war-profiteers) invested theirs in land and in slaves. The land they bought or took in...
Chapter 24 第二十四章 The roman empire 罗马帝国的故事 How the republic of Rome after centuries of unrest and revolution become an empire 罗马共和国历经数世纪的动乱和革命，终于变成了罗马帝国 When the Roman armies...
All the little citystates once more began to quarrel with each other as they had done in the good old days. 所有的希腊城邦再度陷人无休止的相互争吵中，一如它们在光荣的旧时代的所为。 The Romans, who had little unders...
In the year 203 B.C. Scipio had crossed the African Sea and had carried the war into Africa. 公元前203年，西皮奥率军渡过阿非利加海，将战火烧到非洲。 Carthage had called Hannibal back. Badly supported by his mercenaries, Hann...
Chapter 23 第23章 The rise of 罗马帝国的兴起 Rome How Rome happened 罗马帝国是如何形成的 The Roman Empire was an accident. No one planned it. 罗马帝国的产生纯属偶然。没有人策划它， It happened.No famous general o...
Her navy had been sunk. She had been forbidden to make war without Roman permission. 迦太基的全部军舰被沉入海底，从此失去了海军；不经罗马人的许可它没有发动战争的权力； She had been condemned to pay the Romans...
For a moment, the luck seemed to turn. Hasdrubal, his brother, had defeated the Roman armies in Spain. 有段时间，局势似乎有好转的希望。他的兄弟哈士多路巴在西班牙击败了罗马军队， He had crossed the Alps to come to...
They wanted action. Something must be done and must be done quickly. A popular hero by the name of Varro, the sort of man who went about the city telling everybody how much better he could do things than slow old Fabius, the Delayer, was made command...
He had defeated the Roman army of Scipio on the banks of the Rhone and he had guided his army safely across the mountain passes of theAlps although it was October and the roads were thickly covered with snow and ice. Then he had joined forces with th...
The Senate promised the help of the Latin armies, but the preparation for this expedition took some time, and meanwhile Saguntum had been taken and had been destroyed. This had been done in direct opposition to the will of Rome. The Senate decided up...
The war which followed (the so-called first Punic War) lasted twentyfour years. It was fought out on the high seas and in the beginning it seemed that the experienced Carthaginian navy would defeat the newly created Roman fleet. Following their ancie...
After seven months, hunger forced them to withdraw. The policy of Rome to treat the foreigneron equal terms had proved a great success and Rome stood stronger than ever before. 在苦苦支撑7个月后，饥饿和身陷异乡的恐慌感在高卢军队...
Other nations, Egyptians, Babylonians, Phoenicians, even Greeks, would have insisted upon a treaty of submission on the part of thebarbarians, The Romans did nothing of the sort. They gave the outsidera chance to become partners in a common res publi...
As a matter of custom and practical advantage the senators were elected from the nobility. But their power had been strictly defined. 遵照习俗并出于现实的考虑，元老们通常选自贵族阶层，可他们的权力同时也受到极其严格...
