世界小史 第181期:神奇的人物

　　Among them were some remarkable¹ men, one of whom was the Emperor Trajan.

　　其中也不乏神奇的人物，如皇帝图拉真，

　　He lived about 100 years after Christ and, long after his death, people were still talking about his justice and his gentleness.

　　他生活在公元100年，关于他的公正和宽厚，人们还一直在讲述着许多故事。

　　Trajan's troops had crossed the Danube once again, into what is now Hungary and Romania.

　　图拉真的军队还越过多瑙河进入今天的匈牙利和罗马利亚，

　　Making that land a Roman province would also make the empire safer. The country they conquered was known as Dacia.

　　以便也将这片彼岸的土地变为罗马的行省，从而更好地保护罗马帝国。这个地区当时叫达西亚，

　　Once it had become Roman and its inhabitants began to speak Latin, Dacia became Romania.

　　自从它成为罗马行省，那里的居民讲了拉丁语以后，它才被称为罗马尼亚。

　　But Trajan didn't only lead military expeditions.

　　但是图拉真不仅进行远征，

　　He made Rome beautiful with glorious squares. Whole hills were levelled to make room for them.

　　他还建美丽的广场装点罗马。整座整座的山丘必须被移走，以便为建立大型广场设施腾出地方；

　　Then he commissioned a Greek architect to build temples and shops, law-courts, colonnades² and monuments. You can still see their ruins in Rome today.

　　后来一位希腊建筑师在那里建造了神殿庙宇、百货商店、法庭、柱廊和人型纪念碑，人们今天还可以在罗马看到这些遗迹。

　　The emperors who followed Trajan also took good care of their empire and defended its frontiers, especially the Emperor Marcus Aurelius,

　　图拉真以后的皇帝们也关心他们的帝国，保卫它的边境。

　　who reigned³ between 161 and 180, and spent much of his time in garrisons⁴ on the Danube – at Carnuntum, and at Vindobona, which is what Vienna used to be called.

　　尤其是在161年和180年间在位的马库斯.奥里利厄斯皇帝一再出现在多瑙河畔、卡农图姆和如今叫维也纳的文多博纳的军营里。

1 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

2 colonnades   

n.石柱廊( colonnade的名词复数 )

参考例句：

3 reigned   

vi.当政，统治（reign的过去式形式）

参考例句：

• Silence reigned in the hall. 全场肃静。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Night was deep and dead silence reigned everywhere. 夜深人静，一片死寂。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 garrisons   

守备部队，卫戍部队( garrison的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I've often seen pictures of such animals at the garrisons. 在要塞里，我经常看到这种动物的画片。
• Use a Black Hand to garrisons, and take it for yourself. 用黑手清空驻守得步兵，为自己占一个。