But Hannibal found a way through for his army and they finally reached Italy. 但是汉尼拔为他的大军开出一条道路，并且他们最终到达意大利。 There he was confronted by the Romans, but he defeated them in a bloody battle. 那里...
He was that rare thing: a man who made war like a chess-player, carefully considering each move before he made it. 他是个不寻常的人：他是一个在战争中像一个棋手在下每一步棋前都深思熟虑的人。 But above all he was a...
It took all the money they had, but with their brand new fleet they defeated the Carthaginians, who were soon forced to cede Sicily to the Romans. 他们花费了他们的全部金钱造了这些船，但他们用这支崭新组建的船队战胜了迦...
Carthage was the richest and mightiest city for miles around and the Romans referred to its Phoenician inhabitants as Punics. 迦太基是远近一带最富有、最强大的城市，罗马将它的腓尼基居民称为布匿人。 Its ships went far...
But at a cost: he lost so many of his men that he is said to have cried out, One more such victory and we are lost! 但是代价很大：他的士兵战死的有如此之多以至据说他曾说：第二个这样的胜利我再也承受不了了! Whi...
After the time of Alexander the Great, however, small wars against small towns ceased to satisfy them and they set about conquering the entire peninsula. 在亚历山大大帝以后的时期，他们不再满足于对小城邦进行小规模战争，他...
There are many old and wonderful stories telling of the love Romans had for their native land and of their faithfulness to its laws. 有许多古老的、美好的故事讲述罗马人的这种对家乡的热爱和他们对法律的忠诚。 Stories...
But when they set out to do something, they did it, even if it took 200 years, 但是他们一旦决心要做什么事，他们便总是将其实现，哪怕这要持续2000年， for they were peasants through and through, not restless seafarers lik...
Unlike the gentle Indians they didn't willingly submit. 不同于温和的印度人，他们不愿意屈服。 On more than one occasion they threatened to leave the city unless they were treated better and given a share of the fields and pastures wh...
These were the patricians the word means something like 'city fathers' although in those days they weren't citizens as we know them, 这些人是patricians（贵族）这个词的意思大致相当于市议员但是你不可以把这个时代的市议员...
