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A gladiator was like a rock star, they had fans.
角斗士就像搖滾巨星 他們有自己的追隨者
You can even see in their graffiti,
這在他們的涂鴉中便有體現
love notes from women to their favorite gladiators.
里面有女人給他們心愛的角斗士的情話
A top gladiator can earn the equivalent of $200,000 a fight.
最高級別的角斗士一場比賽 可以得到相當于二十萬美元的報酬
But most die before they turn 23.
但大部分角斗士活不過二十三歲
Rome is at the height of its power.
此時的羅馬正處于鼎盛時期
Its empire dominates Europe,
整個帝國統治著歐洲
North Africa and the Middle East.
北非和中東
A fifth of mankind is under Roman rule.
羅馬統治著全球五分之一的人口
But unknown to the Romans, on the other side of the world,
然而羅馬人并不知道 在世界另一端
There is another empire just as big and powerful.
有一個像羅馬一樣龐大和強大的帝國
166 A.D.Roman merchants, their names lost to history,
公元166年 羅馬商人們來到了離家五千英里外的地方
5,000 miles from home.
如今 他們的名字已湮沒在歷史長河中
For two years they have crossed oceans, mountains and deserts,Heading beyond India
兩年來 他們遠渡重洋 翻山越嶺 勇闖沙漠 一路朝著印度前進
To a land they've heard of only in whispers.
這片他們只曾耳聞未曾目睹過的土地
"Somewhere out there, on the outer fringe of the world,"
在那之外 在這世界的外邊緣
"Where the sea ends,""There is a very great inland state."China.
在大海的盡頭 "有一個偉大的內陸國家" 那就是中國
