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In segment 14c: East versus West,
14章 第三部分 東羅馬vs西羅馬
the Roman Empire split once and for all in 393 AD by the Emperor Theodosius, although both of the sons Theodosius installed as Emperors, of the east and of the west were nincompoops.
在393年，狄奧多西一世把羅馬帝國(guó)一分為二，雖然他的兩個(gè)兒子都繼位稱帝，分任東西羅馬皇帝但兩個(gè)人都昏庸無(wú)能，碌碌無(wú)為。
There really wasn't much Theodosius could do to save the western half of the Empire.
其實(shí)狄奧多西皇帝早已經(jīng)無(wú)力挽救西羅馬帝國(guó)了。
By great Barbarian invasions of the 5th century AD soon stripped the Western Empire of almost all its territory and resources.
等到了公元5世紀(jì)，蠻族大舉入侵時(shí)，西羅馬其實(shí)已經(jīng)丟了差不多所有領(lǐng)土和資源。
The only partially successful way to defend the west was with German mercenaries and even that didn't work for long.
唯一對(duì)保衛(wèi)西羅馬起到多少作用的方式就是利用日耳曼的雇傭軍，即使這種方法也沒能持續(xù)多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間。
On the other hand the eastern half of the Empire, the Greek speaking half had numerous advantages.
另一方面，羅馬帝國(guó)的東部地區(qū)也就是使用希臘語(yǔ)的地區(qū)，占據(jù)頗多優(yōu)勢(shì)。
These included Constantinople's choice location, its closeness to trade routes, a more highly urbanized society and most importantly the knack of diverting Barbarian invasions away from them and towards the Western Empire.
例如，君士坦丁堡的地理位置接近東西貿(mào)易要道，社會(huì)高度城市化，更重要的是，他們能夠避開蠻族入侵，并且把蠻族引向入侵西羅馬帝國(guó)。
In segment 14d: Fall of the Western Empire,
14章 第四部分 西羅馬帝國(guó)的滅亡
the Roman Empire, the Western Roman Empire definitely falls, but when?
西羅馬帝國(guó)無(wú)疑滅亡坍塌了，但是具體是什么時(shí)間呢?
The Germanic king Odovacar, whose name would really be a great name, I think, for a heavy metal rock band,
日耳曼蠻族國(guó)王奧多亞克，我認(rèn)為這個(gè)名字很適合重金屬搖滾樂(lè)隊(duì)，
Odovacar, deposed Romulus Augustus in 476 and he ruled Italy as a subordinate of the eastern Emperor Zeno.
他在476年廢黜了羅慕路·奧古斯都路斯，意大利宣布效忠東羅馬帝國(guó)皇帝芝諾。
He claimed only the title King of Italy. The Ostrogoth king, Theodoric, who displaced Odovacar,
奧多亞克聲稱只做“意大利的國(guó)王”。東哥特國(guó)王迪奧多里克取代奧多亞克之后，
showed the same restraint and the same regard for the ancient Roman ways that Odovacar actually did.
也和奧多亞克一樣，表現(xiàn)出同樣的克制，同樣也尊重古羅馬文化。
It's doubtful that the average Bubbacus or Jethra living in the Western Roman Empire noticed any major difference.
居住在西羅馬帝國(guó)的百姓也幾乎不會(huì)注意到二人的統(tǒng)治，有什么太大的不同。
