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Other nations holding on to parts and pieces of the Western Empire included the Bretagne's,
其他占據部分西羅馬帝國的國家，還包括列塔尼人，
the Britons, the Anglo-Saxons, Bubbacus and Jethra still had taxes to pay and bureaucrats to obey too,
英國人，盎格魯-撒克遜人等西羅馬原來的百姓仍然要付稅，服從官僚的管理。
it's just the paying or the obeying was done to a Visigoth king or a Vandal king or a Frankish king
只是現在納稅和服從的是西哥特國王，汪達爾王國或是法蘭克國王，
as opposed to a figurehead Roman Emperor. Odovacar himself preserved all the features of the old government even including the Roman Senate and the rule of Roman Law,
而不是有名無實的羅馬帝國皇帝。奧多亞克保留了羅馬政府的所有特色，甚至包括羅馬參議院和羅馬的法治，
as a result he was much appreciated by the people of Rome and all Italy and when Odovacar began to dream of being something more than King of Italy he was supported by these people.
因此羅馬人民和所有的意大利人都依然支持他。在他開始不滿于只當意大利國王時，他得到了百姓們全心全意的支持。
But Odovacar's dreams of being more than just King of Italy bothered the Eastern Emperor Zeno, trying to kill two birds with one stone;
但是他的美夢使東羅馬皇帝芝諾受到困擾，芝諾想要一石二鳥，
Zeno prompted the neighboring Ostrogoth King Theodoric to attack Odovacar in 493 AD.
他唆使鄰國的東哥特國王迪奧多里克于公元493年進攻奧多亞克。
Though not a Roman himself Theodoric had lived for a long time in Constantinople and he had held high posts in the Roman army.
雖然迪奧多里克不是羅馬人，但是他已經在君士坦丁堡君居住很長時間。而且他也在羅馬軍隊里擁有高級職位。
Zeno wanted to get Theodoric and those Ostrogoth's as far away from his empire as he could and after successfully deposing Odovacar,
芝諾想讓迪奧多里克等東哥特人盡量遠離他的東羅馬帝國，同時他還能成功地推翻奧多亞克。
Theodoric showed the same respect for Roman culture, letting even Pagan Romans live as they pleased.
迪奧多里克同樣尊重羅馬文化，他甚至允許羅馬異教徒隨意生活。
Unfortunately Theodoric died in 526 AD without a strong successor, leaving behind predictably the usual confusion.
不幸的是，迪奧多里克在526年去世，沒有留下強有力的繼任者。可以想象，只剩下同樣的混亂局面。
Within a decade the Eastern Emperor Justinian, 527 to 565 AD, had invaded Italy and took it back.
十年后，東羅馬皇帝查士丁尼(527-565)入侵并征服了意大利。
The last of the truly Roman Empires to rule the East, Justinian wanted to reacquire the entire Roman Empire,
作為最后真正的統治東羅馬的皇帝，他想要重新統一羅馬帝國。
when he conquered Vandal North Africa he regarded it as a promising sign.
當他征服了北非的汪達爾人，他看到了令人鼓舞的跡象。
