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Segment 11c Roman Propaganda
11章C 羅馬宣傳
Augustus was a master of political propaganda,
奧古斯都非常善于政治宣傳
he maintained and advertised and enhanced his power in every way possible.
他用所有可能的方式保持宣傳鞏固自己的權利
At the same time he was careful as always to observe the sense of the Mos Majorum.
同時他也一直非常小心地遵守著羅馬規范。
Careful to avoid anything that might possibly suggest that he was making the principate hereditary.
小心地避免任何可能表現出他制造元首等級的細節。
He merely awarded special honours to the men and women of his family.
他家里的親人們只獲得了特殊榮譽。
He started with his adoptive father Julius Caesar,
他從養父尤利烏斯·凱撒開始，
who was declared a god almost immediately after his death.
養父一死就被馬上賦予了上帝的名號
As Princeps Augustus later honoured his adoptive father with a massive and beautiful temple of the divine Julius.
后來元首奧古斯都還為他的養父建造了一個巨大的美麗寺廟叫做神圣的尤里烏斯。
Romans could be trusted to connect the dots and to treat Augustus as the son of a god.
羅馬人根據這一聯系確信奧古斯都是神的兒子。
His grandsons who he adopted at early ages likewise received high government offices despite their extreme youth.
他早年收養的孫子們盡管很年輕也獲得了政府的高級職位。
Augustus also added to his prestige through building up the city of Rome.
通過建立羅馬城，奧古斯都進一步鞏固了自己的聲望。
He famously boasted: "I found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble."
他著名的自夸:我從一磚一瓦開始建立羅馬城，最終建造了大理石制的城池 。
Augustus, the members of his household and his closest associates undertook dozens of building projects all at personal expense.
奧古斯都和他的家庭成員他的助手自費承擔了很多建筑工程。
Among his major monuments in the city we have already mentioned the temple of divine Julius.
我們之前提到過他在羅馬城中的主要紀念建筑神圣的尤里烏斯。
Another important Augustan building was the temple of Mars Ultor, Mars the avenger.
另一項重要的奧古斯都時代建筑是戰神復仇者廟。
Built to celebrate Augustus' victory over the men who had assassinated Julius Caesar.
是來慶祝奧古斯都戰勝了刺殺尤里烏斯·凱撒的兇手的。
The Ara Pacis Augustae, altar of Augustan peace, emphasize Augustus' role as bringer of peace to the Mediterranean world.
奧古斯都和平祭壇即奧古斯都和平祭壇 強調奧古斯都為地中海世界帶來了和平。
The forum of Augustus and the banners of Agrippa provided the people of Rome with highly functional but beautiful public spaces.
奧古斯都廣場，阿古利巴旗幟為羅馬人提供了多功能并且美麗的公共空間。
Even in his extravagance Augustus was terrifically practical.
即使是奢侈浪費奧古斯都也是非常實際的。
Augustus also got his message out through literature for the masses he kept it simple,
奧古斯都也通過文學傳遞信息對大眾他保持著簡單，
an engraved tablet of his list of accomplishments, the Res Gestae, was placed prominently in all the Roman world's important cities.
一塊石碑雕刻上他所有的成就，奧古斯都功績碑放置于羅馬世界所有重要城市的顯著位置。
In this passage, which I am about to quote,
下面我要引用的這個片段，
Augustus repeats his claim that he is just a regular Roman guy with a lot of influence.
奧古斯都重復了他的主張就是他只是一個有著重大影響力的普通羅馬人。
