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He was born a poor Serbian boy who thought the Roman army would be a great place to start.
他有著貧窮的塞爾維亞人出身，認(rèn)為加入羅馬軍隊(duì)是個(gè)良好的起點(diǎn)。
He rose through the ranks and like many generals before him he found himself proclaimed as imperator by his troops.
他一級(jí)一級(jí)地爬到將軍的位置,然后發(fā)現(xiàn)自己被軍隊(duì)擁為了元首。
Despite his low birth and lack of education he knew the Roman Empire's political, military and economic ills.
盡管他出身微賤，也沒有受過教育，但是他清楚羅馬帝國(guó)的政治，軍事和經(jīng)濟(jì)弊端。
He took bold steps to address them and the first casualty was the principate itself.
他大膽地采取行動(dòng)來解決這些問題，首當(dāng)其沖的就是元首制。
The ruler of the world's largest empire could no longer even pretend to be like Bubbacus or Jethra in their 6th story apartments.
這個(gè)世界上最大帝國(guó)的統(tǒng)治者不用再假裝什么民主平等了。
Diocletian was the first Roman emperor to discard entirely the pretense that Rome was still a republic.
戴克里先將羅馬共和國(guó)的外表完全剝?nèi)ィ?/div>
Diocletian insisted on being addressed as dominus et deius, god and master.
堅(jiān)持要?jiǎng)e人稱呼他為上帝，神靈，主人。
He insisted upon being treated accordingly complete with a new imperial ritual, largely borrowed from the Persians.
他堅(jiān)持要得到一種全新的禮制對(duì)待，這種禮制主要是從波斯借用過來的。
Three centuries earlier Augustus would welcome common Romans to his humble house on the Palatine
三百多年前，奧古斯都大帝會(huì)歡迎平民百姓到他的王宮陋室中做客，
dressed in clothes hand made by his wife Olivia,
自己穿著妻子奧利維亞親手縫制的衣服，
but those were different times, now the god and master Diocletian required visitors to crawl into his palace
但是今非昔比，如今的神帝戴克里先要求訪客匍匐爬進(jìn)宮殿，
and prostrate themselves before they could kiss the hem of the lord and master's gown.
拜倒在他們的主人，他們的上帝腳下。
No part of Rome's government escaped Diocletian's attention. His every word was an unbreakable law,
羅馬政府中沒有哪方面能逃過戴克里先的注意，他的每一句話都是不可違背的法律。
if you disobeyed him or thought of disobeying him or thought of disliking him you were in big trouble.
如果你違背了或是想要違抗，或者不喜歡他，你就會(huì)招惹很大的麻煩。
Diocletian's reform of the Roman government was as totalitarian as could be.
戴克里先對(duì)于政府的改革是極其極權(quán)主義的。
Thereby well earning this age its name of the Dominate.
也因此這個(gè)時(shí)期才被稱為主宰。
Diocltian's most important administrative reform was the Tetrarchy,
戴克里先最重要的行政改革就是四帝共治制，
which divided power between two senior emperors called Augustii and two assistant emperors called Caesars.
任命兩位主皇帝和兩位凱撒，
Bringing the grand total to four. One Augustus ruled the western empire and one Augustus ruled the eastern empire.
四位皇帝各自統(tǒng)治四分之一的帝國(guó)。一位主皇帝統(tǒng)治西部帝國(guó)，另一位主皇帝統(tǒng)治東部帝國(guó)。
Each Augustus was assisted by his own personal Caesar, the Caesar was also the, Augustus' adopted son and designated successor.
每位主皇帝各有一位凱撒，凱撒也是主皇帝的養(yǎng)子和未來繼承人。
