During a meeting in the Senate they surrounded him and raised their daggers to stab him. 在罗马元老院的一次会议中他们突然围住他并用匕首向他刺去。 Caesar defended himself. 凯撒进行反抗， But when, among his assailant...
He didn't just put the whole empire in order, he put time in order too. 但是他不仅在整个帝国而且也在时间方面建立秩序。 He put time in order? Whatever does that mean? 这是什么意思？ He reformed the calendar, so that it en...
Although the Gauls continued to fight desperately, for years on end, he attacked them repeatedly, and everywhere he went he left troops in control behind him. 虽然高卢人连续数年进行拼死抵抗，他还是一再战胜他们，他到处都留...
One day he went to war. A few days later, Rome received a letter from him with just these three Latin words: veni, vidi, vici meaning I came, I saw, I conquered. 有一回他上战场，不多几天便有他的一封信抵达罗马，信中只有三句...
They were treated as goods, bought and sold like cattle. 人们像经营商品那样经营他们，像买卖公牛或山羊那样买卖他们。 Slave owners could do what they liked with their slaves even kill them. 谁买了一个奴隶，谁便是这...
This made him the most celebrated man in Rome. 这样，他就是罗马最受欢迎的人。 But in the meantime, Sulla had fought on in Africa, and he too had returned triumphant. 但是这时苏拉也在非洲继续作战并且同样成了凯旋的统...
As you can imagine, many tried. If two rivals fought for power, 你可以想象，许多人都做过这样的尝试。 one might have the army and the patricians on his side while the other had the support of the plebeians and poor peasants. 有时一个...
But these were not at all like those of the Greeks, where leading citizens took part in sporting contests and sang hymns in honor of the Father of the Gods. 这当然不是希腊人那样的由贵族公民自己为纪念主神而进行的体育活动和...
They would give their all for him. Not just on foreign soil but at home as well. 他们愿意为他竭尽全力，不但在敌国，而且在家乡。 For, in their eyes, a great hero of the battlefield was just what was needed to keep order at home,...
War was their favorite pastime. 作战是他们得心应手的事。 After each victory they returned in triumph to Rome, led by their generals, with all their captives and their loot. 如果他们又一次打了胜仗，他们便在其统帅率领下，...
