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These Barbarians, these tribes have been relatively stable,
這些外邦人,這些部落一直保持相對(duì)穩(wěn)定
relatively stable, for a couple of centuries under the Romans through the force of the Roman Empire
在羅馬統(tǒng)治下保持了幾個(gè)世紀(jì)的平穩(wěn)，憑借羅馬帝國(guó)的力量
through this peace that was imposed
這樣的和平穩(wěn)定得以加強(qiáng)
But then toward the beginning of the 400s or early 400s at the beginning of this century
但是之后接近公元400年的開(kāi)始和初期，在這個(gè)世紀(jì)的初期
they started moving around and I do have a map which again
他們開(kāi)始四處遷徙，我有一幅地圖
I find this more interesting in a kind of informative way than the fact that you have to really learn
又一次,我發(fā)現(xiàn)這幅地圖告訴我們一些更有趣的信息，這些信息比那些你們要學(xué)的事實(shí)更有趣
the simple there's kind of curious to look
理由很簡(jiǎn)單,因?yàn)檫@看起來(lái)很讓人好奇
because it makes us realize how these tribes were wandering
因?yàn)檫@讓我們了解到這些部落是怎么四處遷徙的
If you look at that first map for example on the upper left corner you see the date on is 525
你看一下第一張地圖舉個(gè)例子，在左上角我們看到日期是525年
And who's in England?
這時(shí)候誰(shuí)在英格蘭
You see the Britons have been supplanted
英格蘭原住民已經(jīng)被
by the Anglos and Saxons and then big central area
盎格魯撒克遜人所排擠掉,然后歐洲中部地區(qū)呢
which we think of as what?
我們認(rèn)為會(huì)是什么樣的情形
A whole bunch of countries right?
一大堆的國(guó)家不是么
France, Belgium, Holland, Luxemburg, Switzerland,
法國(guó),比利時(shí),荷蘭,盧森堡,瑞士
Austria, Germany the whole area the Franks
奧地利,德國(guó),然而這整片區(qū)域,都是法蘭克人
are predominate in that whole area you see some other groups
在主宰地位的,你還能在看到一些其他族群
here on the fringe,which are also Germanic tribes, you see Saxons
他們生活在邊緣地區(qū),他們也都是日耳曼部落的,你看,薩克遜人
you see the Corinthians, you see the Alemanian, you see the Lombards down on the Iberian Peninsula
有科林斯人,有阿勒曼尼人,還有倫巴族人，他們?cè)谀戏降囊帘壤麃啺雿u
We see the Visigoths who are the West Goths, a Germanic tribe
我們看到西哥特人,同樣是一個(gè)日耳曼部落
In Italy you see the Ostrogoths who are the East Goths
他們?cè)谝獯罄v扎,同時(shí)你還能找到東哥特人
another Germanic tribe
另外一個(gè)日耳曼部落
One things I find very interesting when looking at these,
我發(fā)現(xiàn)看這些東西很有趣的一個(gè)地方就是
Is the Basque here
看這里的巴斯克
And so again if you take Spanish if you're interested in politics at all,
如果你學(xué)過(guò)西班牙語(yǔ)或者對(duì)政治很有興趣
if you know once a month there something, it seems
如果你剛好或以前就知道每月都會(huì)有這樣的事
for years we've read about the Basque blowing up something
每年我們都能了解到巴斯克在馬德里鬧出事
in Madrid or someplace else wanting to be a seperate country
或者是別的地方鬧事成為一個(gè)獨(dú)立國(guó)家
their desire to be a separate group is not new founded
你可以發(fā)現(xiàn)他們渴望成為獨(dú)立群體的愿望早就有
That they are old group cause this goes back 1500 years
他們是有著悠久歷史的族群,從1500年前就開(kāi)始挑事
