The Holy Roman Empire, as it was known in the time of Machiavelli, was the successor to the ancient Roman state, the older Roman Empire.

神圣罗马帝国，是马奇亚维利那年代的称号，那是古罗马国的继承者，即较古老的罗马帝国。

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He established a religion, first a sect, you might say, then a religion, then eventually an empire, the Holy Roman Empire, that was established in the name of that teaching.

他建立了一个宗教，一开始是个宗派，然后是宗教，最后成为一个帝国，神圣罗马帝国，即是按着他,教诲的名义而建立。

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First, the Treaty declared that the individual sovereign state would henceforth become the highest level of authority; you might say, putting an end once and for all " to the universalist claims of the Holy Roman Empire.

第一，条约宣称,各个主权国家,都因此而成为各自国家里最高的权力;,永远终结了,普遍意义上的“神圣罗马帝国。

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