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His corporate image as Princeps the influential but old school modest Roman
他的元首的形象有影響力，但也只是一個謙遜守舊的羅馬人，
living with his old school modest wife in their modest home on the palatine hill
以謙遜守舊的方式生活在帕拉蒂尼山上的家中，
was far closer to his actual personality than that of the Oriental god king.
這樣更加貼近人的的實際性格，而不是一位東方的神王。
It satisfied the Romans enormously.
這使羅馬人非常滿意。
Yet the peoples of the Greek speaking east most of which had once belonged to the god king Alexander the Great
然而希臘人們談?wù)摉|方他們大多數(shù)都相信亞歷山大大帝，
would have trouble respecting a ruler who wasn't at least a little bit godly.
他們很難去尊敬一位沒有一點神圣之處的統(tǒng)治者。
Strange as that sounds the people of the east was actually more comfortable being ruled by a god.
這聽起來有點奇怪，東方人實際上更希望能被神統(tǒng)治。
In the semi-pacified areas of Spain and Gaul the divine Princept concept was also helpful in winning over the less civilized tribe.
在西班牙和高盧的半平定地區(qū)，神圣的元首的觀念有助于贏得更多落后的部落。
It started them on the path of becoming Romanized somewhat.
這可以使他們開始朝著羅馬的形式前進。
Even in Rome the worship of Augustus' genius as a guardian spirit stressed his connection to the deified Julius Caesar,
甚至在羅馬，對奧古斯都的崇拜加強了他和神話般的尤里烏斯·凱撒的聯(lián)系，
had suggested that perhaps Augustus was not just a regular Roman after all but a bringer of a glorious and peaceful golden age.
這都表明了在奧古斯都為羅馬世界帶來輝煌和平的黃金時代后，他就不可能僅僅是一個普通的羅馬人。
Segment 11d:the twelve Caesars
11章D 12帝王
Augustus had successfully brought peace to the Roman world,
奧古斯都成功的為羅馬世界帶來了和平.
he had successfully retooled the Roman republic into the Principate, monarchy wrapped within a democratic facade.
他成功地將羅馬共和制改組為元首制，用民主的外衣包裝君主制。
His sole failure was to assure a workable means of succession.
他惟一的失敗就在于沒能建立可行的繼承方法。
This failure would not jeopardize the Pax Romana for any great length of time but it gave the so-called Julio-Claudian dynasty,
這一失敗并沒能長期危及到羅馬和平，但是它帶來了所謂的朱里亞·克勞狄王朝，
which lasted until 68AD the air of a soap opera.
這一王朝持續(xù)到公元68年。
We don't have time to cover the Julio-Claudians in any great depth.
我們沒有時間詳細的講朱里亞·克勞狄王朝。
But for the seedy details you can always reach for Tonios tabloid like history,
但是想要了解細節(jié) 大家可以通過一些小報，比如歷史
the twelve Caesars or better yet take LLT 326, roman civilization, often taught by the deluxe yours truly.
12帝王或者是豪華旅行重回羅馬文明，經(jīng)常寫著豪華敬啟。
Augustus' stepson and successor Tiberius Claudius Nero hence the term Claudian in the dynasty ruled from 14 to 37 AD.
奧古斯都的繼子和繼任者提比略·克勞狄烏斯·尼祿，從此開啟了克勞狄王朝。在公元14年到37年期間執(zhí)政。
A successful general and capable administrator Tiberius left the Roman Empire in good shape financially and militarily.
他是一位成功的將軍有能力的行政官，提比略塑造了羅馬帝國的財政和軍事形式。
But his absence of charisma made him very unpopular. Disgusted with living in Augustus' shadow
但是由于他缺乏個人魅力所以他并不受歡迎。提比略厭倦了生活在奧古斯都的陰影之下，
Tiberius retired from public view and left the Empire's day to day running to his praetorian prefect Sejanus.
他退出了公眾的視線，把日常的帝國事務(wù)交給了他的近衛(wèi)軍長官西亞努斯。
As commander of the emperor's personal bodyguard and of the only troops who could carry weapons in Rome,
作為帝國私人衛(wèi)隊統(tǒng)領(lǐng)，率領(lǐng)著羅馬唯一可以攜帶武器的軍隊，
the praetorian prefect was in effect the second most powerful man in the roman world.
近衛(wèi)軍長官實際上是羅馬世界第二有權(quán)利的人。
Eventually Tiberius got to the prefect Sejanus before Sejanus got to him.
最終提比略提前動手解決了西亞努斯。
But Sejanus' replacement the praetorian prefect Macro successfully killed Tiberius.
馬克羅取代西亞努斯成為新的近衛(wèi)長官成功的殺死了提比略。
The Praetorian Guard and his prefect would remain an ominous presence in Roman government for centuries.
近衛(wèi)軍和它的長官作為煞星象征，在羅馬政府存在了幾個世紀。
Tiberius' successor Gaius AD 37 to 41 was the great grandson of both Augustus and of Mark Anthony.
提比略的繼任者蓋烏斯，公元37至41年它是奧古斯都和馬克·安東尼的孫子。
