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。

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Chariots maintained their place in parades and triumphs right up until the end of the Roman Empire 1,500 years later.

直到1500年后的罗马帝国末期，战车仍在游行和凯旋中占有一席之地。

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But chariots maintained their place in parades and triumphs right up until the end of the Roman Empire 1,500 years later.

但直到1500年后的罗马帝国末期，战车仍在游行和凯旋中占有一席之地。

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It was first developed in the Roman Empire about two thousand years ago.

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When a slave is freed--and in the Ancient World, in the Roman Empire, most slaves were eventually freed, - unless they just died before long-- they became a freed man.

当一名奴隶被释放。。。在古罗马帝国，几乎所有奴隶最终都会被释放，除非他们很早就去世-,成为脱离奴隶身份的人。

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So Roman slavery and the freedom of that was actually one way that a few people in the Ancient World recognized some kind of social mobility, which was very rare in the Roman Empire.

所以罗马奴隶制以及奴隶释放制,被古代部分人认为是,某种社会阶级流动，在罗马帝国很少见。

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