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The legionaries themselves did not even have to fight most of the time.
軍團(tuán)兵自己可能大多數(shù)時候都不需要作戰(zhàn)，
But when the legionaries did fight at least up to the crisis of the third century BC, they were all but invincible.
但是一旦他們參與作戰(zhàn)，至少在公元前三世紀(jì)的危機(jī)之前，他們是戰(zhàn)無不勝的。
Maintaining the Limes required an ever larger military establishment.
保衛(wèi)邊界線需要更大規(guī)模的軍事部署。
By Marcus Aurelius' time the Roman army may have numbered as many as 400 000 men.
在馬可·奧勒留之前羅馬軍隊的規(guī)模大至40萬。
Divided roughly half and half between Roman legionaries and foreign auxiliaries.
羅馬軍團(tuán)和外國輔助軍各占一半。
The majority of soldiers were now recruited from the lower classes in the less Romanized provinces.
大多數(shù)戰(zhàn)士是從不那么羅馬化的行省的下層階級招募的。
Usually where the legions themselves were stationed.
通常也是從軍團(tuán)駐扎地的行省招募。
While these new auxiliaries fought well enough their loyalty to the Roman army was a bit questionable.
盡管這些新輔助軍作戰(zhàn)勇猛,但是他們對于羅馬軍隊的忠誠度卻值得懷疑。
To them Rome was a far away city filled with strange people, speaking a foreign language.
對他們而言，羅馬不過是一個遙遠(yuǎn)的城市，住著陌生的人民，講著陌生的語言。
They no doubt participated in the imperial emperor cult.
他們無疑也會參與到對帝國皇帝的個人崇拜之中。
But the had a much keener sense of their general, their commanders imperial.
但是他們對自己的將軍對司令官有著更為熱切的感情。
They no doubt fought under roman eagle standards
當(dāng)然，他們是以羅馬軍人的水平而戰(zhàn)，
but their hearts were in their native provinces where they served and not in Italy.
但是他們的心卻屬于各自的行省而非意大利。
If a given army's commander declared himself imperator,
如果某個軍隊的司令官自稱為元首，
and made play for control of the whole empire these soldiers were often quite happy to fight for their general's behalf.
意圖控制整個帝國,這些戰(zhàn)士常常也很樂意為他們的將軍效勞。
On some instances the armies themselves declared their generals to be imperator.
有些時候軍隊自己會將其將軍宣布為元首。
In these cases the unfortunate general had the choice between leading his troops against the empire or death.
在這種情況下，那位不幸的將軍要么得帶領(lǐng)著自己的軍隊叛變帝國，要么就得面臨死亡。
As we will see this recurrence of the old client army phenomenon would become the recipe for disaster in the third century AD.
我們將會看到老雇傭軍這種反復(fù)出現(xiàn)的情況到了公元3世紀(jì)反倒會成為解除災(zāi)難的方法。
