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Eastern Emperors retain all of the Imperial pompetous in the ritual incorporated by Diocletian and even added to it.
東羅馬帝國的君主保留了所有皇家禮儀，戴克里先皇帝沿用并增加了這些禮儀。
Byzantine government was characterized by a large army and an even larger bureaucracy, and the tendency to feud over the slightest differences of opinion.
拜占庭政府就是一個大型的軍隊是一個大型的官僚機構，人們會為各種細微的不和而爭論不休。
Sometimes these differences were religious as with the or Icon smashing controversy which came to its end in 843 AD.
這些不合有時和宗教有關，就像砸不砸圣像這類問題直到843年才結束。
But all too often Byzantines fought over who should succeed the throne or who should command their Byzantine forces in one of their wars against their numerous enemies.
但他們爭論更多的則是，誰應該繼任王位的問題，以及誰應該在抵御外侵時統帥軍隊。
Remember these people were the Romans in their own minds.
要記住這些人在內心深處都認為自己是羅馬人。
The period from 843 to 1025 AD represented a high point of military security and cultural achievements
843年到1025年這段時間可以看做是拜占庭國防和文化成就的頂峰。
for the Byzantines largely due to the comparative freedom from internal bickering.
這大部分原因是由于內部爭論帶來的相對自由的環境。
Not only did the Byzantines keep the Muslims, Slav and Persians armies at arms length, they even made scattered conquests of their own.
拜占庭不僅與穆斯林人 斯拉夫人以及波斯人保持著距離，甚至還出兵征伐過這些國家。
The Empire's Eastern Frontier was extended to Russ the forerunner state of Russia.
帝國東部國界伸展到了俄國，也就是俄羅斯的前身。
And made it an outpost of Orthodox Christianity.
同時把俄國作為了宣揚正教的前方陣地
Economically the Emperors managed to balance the needs of the peasants and the ambitions of the wealthy.
從經濟上說，君主們平衡了農民的需求和貴族的野心。
