世界小史 第150期:亞歷山大大帝

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 　　It would never have occurred to the Romans to do what Alexander the Great had done.

　　羅馬人從未有過類似于亞歷山大大帝那樣的想法。

　　They had no wish to turn the lands they conquered into a single, vast empire in which everyone was treated equally. Certainly not.

　　他們不想把被占領(lǐng)的各個國家建成一個讓所有的人享有同樣權(quán)利的惟一的龐大帝國。不，所有這些國家，

　　All the lands the Roman legions conquered – and their conquests came thick and fast – became Roman provinces, their towns occupied by Roman troops and Roman officials.

　　羅馬軍團(tuán)占領(lǐng)的這些國家——這個帝國擴(kuò)張得越來越快——所有這些國家都成為羅馬的行省。

　　These occupiers looked down on the native inhabitants, even when they were Phoenicians, Jews and Greeks – all peoples of very ancient culture.

　　這些人覺得自己比當(dāng)?shù)厝烁哔F得多，即使這些當(dāng)?shù)厝耸请枘峄嘶颡q太人或希臘人，是這些具有很古老文化的名族。

　　In the eyes of the Romans they were good for just one thing: paying up.

　　在羅馬人眼里，他們只是為了支付才活在這世上，

　　They were subject to crushing taxes and had to keep sending grain to Rome – as much and as often as possible.

　　他們必須支付巨額稅款并頻頻把糧食運(yùn)往羅馬。

　　Provided they did so, they were left more or less in peace.

　　如果他們這樣做了，人們便讓他們稍許得到一些安寧。