When did the Romans invade Britain?
古罗马人是何时侵略英国的？
The Romans used natural pigments on their fabrics and walls.
罗马人使用天然颜料染布和刷墙。
When they conquered Britain, the Romans brought this custom with them.
当古罗马人征服不列颠时，他们把这一习俗也带了过去。
The Christian calendar was originally based on the Julian calendar of the Romans.
公历最初是基于罗马的儒略历的。
The Romans adopted Greek religion and moral philosophy.
罗马人采纳了希腊的宗教和道德哲学。
The Greeks were wedded to the sea; the Romans, to the land.
希腊人热爱海洋；罗马人热爱陆地。
The Romans copied the idea, and the Roman alphabet is now used all over the world.
罗马人模仿了这个想法，现在世界各地都在使用罗马字母表。
"The Greeks and Romans," said the old man, "called her a Dryad; but that we do not understand."
老人回答说：“罗马人和希腊人把她称为树仙，但我们不明白。”
Now the ancient Romans had a thriving spice trade and they sent their ships to the east and back.
现在古罗马人有繁荣的香料贸易，他们派船往返东方。
One of the most important facts about concrete for the Romans was that it can be created underwater.
对于罗马人来说，混凝土最重要的事实之一就是它可以在水下建造。
In speculative philosophy and the sciences, the Romans made virtually no advance on early achievements.
在思辨哲学和科学方面，罗马人在早期成就上几乎没有进步。
Some of these Romans married local Chinese women and the story of blue eyed villages of China was started.
一些罗马人娶了当地的中国妇女，中国蓝眼睛村庄的故事由此开始。
We may speak contemptuously of the poor old Romans because they relished the orgies of slaughter that went on in their arenas.
我们可能会轻蔑地谈论可怜的古罗马人，因为他们喜欢在竞技场上进行屠杀狂欢。
The Romans observed that, when volcanic ash mixes with water and then cools, it gets extremely hard and almost impossible to break up.
罗马人观察到，当火山灰与水混合然后冷却，火山灰变得非常坚硬，几乎不可能分解。
The Romans began a campaign to expand the Roman Empire, and in 300 years they had conquered most of the Mediterranean area and parts of Europe.
罗马人开始了一场扩张罗马帝国的运动，在300年的时间里征服了地中海的大部分地区和欧洲的部分地区。
In the images, you see all kinds of possible defense constructions to hold back the Romans, Germans, Vikings, and now nature as enemy number one.
在这些图中，你可以看到各种可能用于抵御罗马人、德国人、维京人的建筑，而现在大自然是头号敌人。
As the Roman Empire grew, the Romans needed to take control of the seas and for this they needed to build harbours capable of holding a fleet of ships.
随着罗马帝国的发展，罗马人需要控制海洋，为此他们需要建造能够容纳一支舰队的港口。
They would have local people, sort of higher class and local elites bid for the right to collect local taxes, and so the Romans would take the highest bid.
他们安排当地人，算是上层阶级和本地精英，竞拍当地收税权，这样罗马总是能获得最高竞价。
Temporal hours, which were first adopted by the Greeks and then the Romans, who disseminated them through Europe, remained in use for more than 2,500 years.
计时法最初由希腊人采用，后来由罗马人在欧洲传播，至今已使用了2500多年。
Essentially, the traditional view, a view that's been prevalent for over 250 years, is that the Romans copied Greek sculptures because they couldn't create sculpture of their own.
基本上，这一传统的观点（一种盛行了250多年的观点）认为罗马人模仿希腊雕塑是因为他们无法创造自己的雕塑。
Yet there is a dark side to this picture: despite our progress, half of the world's population still suffers, with water services inferior to those available to the ancient Greeks and Romans.
然而，这种情况也有其黑暗的一面：尽管我们取得了进步，世界上仍有一半的人口在受苦，供水服务还不如古希腊和古罗马人。
Ancient Romans changed the way people knew about their communities.
古罗马人改变了人们了解其社区的方式。
An old saying goes, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do."
俗话说：“入乡随俗。”
In around 8 A.D., the Romans built the Colosseum, which remains the world's best-known stadium and continues to inform contemporary design.
在公元8年左右，罗马人修建了斗兽场，它现在仍是世界上最著名的体育场，同时仍在对当代设计产生影响。
入乡随俗。
The Romans were also responsible for inventing concrete.
罗马人还负责发明混凝土。
It was the Romans who grew the olive tree in the rest of southern Europe and northern Africa.
是罗马人在南欧和北非的其他地区种植了橄榄树。
It's probably fair to say that the Romans were impressed be Greek art and culture and they began making copies of the Greek statues.
可以说，罗马人对希腊艺术和文化印象深刻，于是他们开始模仿（制作）希腊雕像。
While the Romans were thus distracted by internal conflict, other tribes seized the opportunity to cross into Roman territory unopposed.
当罗马人因此而被内部冲突分散注意力的时候，其他部落抓住机会进入了无人防卫的罗马领土。
They had a cinnamon-like herb called bog myrtle, but it was the Romans who introduced many of the herbs and vegetables that we now know and love.
他们有类似肉桂的草本植物名为桃金娘，但是是古罗马人引进了很多我们现在了解并且十分喜欢的草本植物和蔬菜。
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