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But despite that, there are also kernels
但是盡管如此，依然有一些核心的
of historical fact that need to be observed.
歷史事實(shí)需要我們進(jìn)行分析
Numa Pompilius for example, the second king,
例如第二位國(guó)王，努馬·龐皮留斯
is said to have received instructions
據(jù)說他從羅馬宗教活動(dòng)中
for Roman religious practices
得到指示
by consulting with his wife, a nymph named Egeria.
他咨詢自己的妻子，名為埃杰里亞的女神
Numa's legend sets up the close relationship
努馬的傳奇建立了羅馬宗教
between Roman religion and the Roman state.
和羅馬這個(gè)城邦之間的親密關(guān)系
Tullius the Hostile was in fact
惡意的烏斯事實(shí)上
a surly dude who earned his name
是個(gè)花花公子
by wiping out neighboring towns to the ground.
因?yàn)樗迅浇某前钜臑槠降?/div>
And then we have the two Tarquins;
有兩位塔奎因
Lucius Tarquinius the Old and his son
老盧修斯·塔克文和他的兒子
Lucius Tarquinius the Proud.
驕傲的盧修斯·塔克文
The story of their reigns offers little,
關(guān)于他們統(tǒng)治的故事很少涉及
if any historical fact about Roman-Etruscan relations
公元前500年，羅馬和伊特魯利亞人
in the 500s BC.
之間的關(guān)系
But it does paint the Etruscans as imperialist jerks,
但是把伊特魯利亞人描述為帝國(guó)主義的傻瓜
compared with the simple and noble Romans.
與簡(jiǎn)單而高尚的羅馬人比，他們確實(shí)如此
Lucumo, his original name,
他的本名是盧庫莫
was an Etruscan refugee from the city Tarquini.
是來自塔奎尼的伊特魯利亞難民
He came to Rome with his wife Taniquil,
他和妻子塔尼克一起到了羅馬
and took the name Lucius Tarquinius;
用了盧修斯·塔克文這個(gè)名字
Lucius from Tarquini.
來自塔奎尼的盧修斯
He got close to King Ancus Marcius
他和國(guó)王安古斯·馬奇路斯很親近
and convinced the Romans that he,
并且說服羅馬人
Lucius Tarquinius should become the next king,
下一任國(guó)王應(yīng)該是他，盧修斯·塔克文
and not the sons of Ancus Marcius.
而不是安古斯·馬奇路斯的兒子
During Tarquinius Priscus's reign,
在塔克文·布里斯庫統(tǒng)治期間
that is Tarquin the Old's reign,
也就是老塔奎因統(tǒng)治期間
Rome fought many victorious wars,
羅馬打了很多勝仗
was enriched by much land and much plunder.
得到了很多土地和大量戰(zhàn)利品
His great public works included the Great Sewer,
他的偉大作品包括宏大的下水道
the Cloaca Maxima, which drained the forum.
馬克西姆下水道，把污水從廣場(chǎng)排出來
And he's thought to have begun
歷史學(xué)家認(rèn)為他建造了
the temple of Capitoline Jupiter.
朱庇特神殿
To the Romans, this was all very good,
對(duì)羅馬人來說，這里非常棒
but Tarquin was assassinated after 38 years
但是塔奎因在38年后
by the sons of Ancus Marcius.
被安古斯·馬奇路斯的兒子暗殺
That's an awful long time to wait to settle a grudge.
他們經(jīng)歷了漫長(zhǎng)的等待才進(jìn)行復(fù)仇
Instead of the Marcius brothers taking over,
馬奇路斯的兒子們沒有登上王座
King Servius Tullius ruled for many years
塞爾維烏斯·圖利烏斯國(guó)王統(tǒng)治了很多年
until he was displaced by Tarquin the Proud,
直到驕傲地塔奎因取代了他
son of Tarquin the Old.
他是老塔奎因的兒子
Keeping in mind that this account
記住，這些內(nèi)容
is almost totally fictional,
幾乎都是虛構(gòu)的
the kernel of historical fact is important.
歷史事實(shí)的核心非常重要
The Etruscans were calling the shots,
伊特魯里亞人發(fā)號(hào)施令
and the native Romans didn't like it much.
當(dāng)?shù)氐牧_馬人不喜歡這種形式
Not that Tarquin the Proud was any sweetheart.
并不是驕傲的塔奎因不友好
His first official act as King was to
他成為國(guó)王后，傳達(dá)的第一個(gè)命令是
drive his chariot over the body of his predecessor,
夾著戰(zhàn)車碾過前任的尸體
Servius Tellius.
塞爾維烏斯·圖利烏斯的尸體
Tarquin the Proud murdered the most influential members
驕傲的塔奎因謀殺了元老院中
of the Senate, even though it was
最有影響力的成員，盡管
a merely advisory body.
元老院只是提供咨詢的機(jī)構(gòu)
And he turned the lower classes
他把下層民眾變成
into his personal labor army,
自己的勞工軍隊(duì)
so that he could finish his dad's temple
這樣，他就能完成他父親建造的
to Capitoline Jupiter.
朱庇特神殿了
It looked like Rome was descending
看上去羅馬從君主制
from monarchy into downright tyranny.
滑落到完全的暴政
Then Tarquin's son Sextus raped a Roman woman
然后，塔奎因的兒子塞圖克斯強(qiáng)奸了
by the name of Lucretia.
盧克麗霞這位婦女
Even though Lucretia's men folk argued with her,
盡管盧克麗霞家中的男性告訴她
that she, herself, had done nothing wrong
她本人并沒有因?yàn)榉稿e(cuò)
to merit such an attack,
才承受這種事
Lucretia set what Roman women considered
盧克麗霞開創(chuàng)了羅馬婦女的先例
a precedent by killing herself.
她自殺了
Roman men were pretty tough,
羅馬男人很堅(jiān)韌
but the women tended to be tougher.
但是女人可能更堅(jiān)韌
To avenge Lucretia,
為了替盧克麗霞報(bào)仇
some Roman men under the leadership of
一些羅馬男人在盧修斯·朱尼厄斯·布魯圖斯
one Lucius Junius Brutus, or Junius the Dumb,
或者無言的朱尼厄斯的帶領(lǐng)下
effectively drove Tarquin the Proud
把驕傲的塔奎因和他的支持者
and his supporters out of Rome for good.
永遠(yuǎn)地驅(qū)逐出羅馬
They also supposedly replaced
他們可能要用共和國(guó)
the monarchy with a republic.
取代君主制
