世界小史 第137期:井然有序

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 　　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.

　　在亞歷山大大帝以后的時(shí)期，他們不再滿足于對(duì)小城邦進(jìn)行小規(guī)模戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，他們開(kāi)始占領(lǐng)整個(gè)半島。

　　Not, as Alexander had done, in one single great campaign, but in easy stages – town by town, region by region,

　　但是他們不是像亞歷山大那樣進(jìn)行一場(chǎng)唯一的大規(guī)模的勝利進(jìn)軍，而是通過(guò)簡(jiǎn)單的步驟——一座城市一座城市地進(jìn)軍，一個(gè)地區(qū)一個(gè)地區(qū)地進(jìn)軍，

　　and with all their characteristic single-mindedness and determination.

　　懷著他們特有的忠貞和決心。

　　It usually went like this.

　　情況通常都是這樣的。

　　Because Rome was a powerful city, other Italian cities wanted to be its allies.

　　由于羅馬是一個(gè)強(qiáng)大的城邦，所以別的意大利城邦想和它結(jié)盟，

　　This suited the Romans very well, and all would go smoothly1 as long as the allies behaved themselves.

　　羅馬人樂(lè)意接受這樣的聯(lián)盟，只要同盟者們都安安分分一切都進(jìn)行得井然有序。

　　But if a disagreement arose that led to an ally's refusing to follow Rome's instructions,

　　但是一旦同盟者和他們意見(jiàn)相左并不聽(tīng)從他們，

　　it would mean war – a war which Rome's regiments2 or legions usually won.

　　就意味著戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)——被人們稱(chēng)之為軍團(tuán)的羅馬連隊(duì)通常都獲勝。

　　Now it so happened that one day a city in the south of Italy asked a Greek prince and commander called Pyrrhus to come to its aid against Rome.

　　碰巧有一回意大利南部的一個(gè)城邦讓一個(gè)名叫皮洛士的希臘王公和統(tǒng)帥來(lái)幫助自己攻打羅馬人。

　　He arrived with war elephants – whose use the Greeks had learnt from the Indians – and succeeded in defeating the Roman legions.

　　皮洛士帶領(lǐng)戰(zhàn)象進(jìn)軍——這是希臘人從印度人那兒學(xué)來(lái)的——他也憑借戰(zhàn)象戰(zhàn)勝了羅馬軍團(tuán)。