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There seems to be a Roman parallel for just about every major nation under the sun.
似乎天下所有大國都和羅馬類似。
Rome exerted its fascination upon foreign cultures nearly as soon as the fall of the Western Empire.
羅馬幾乎在西羅馬帝國覆滅的同時，把它的魅力和影響施加到了外國文化上。
Neither a poor Romulus, Augustus's successors as ruler of Italy or Theodoric the Great dared call himself Emperor.
奧古斯都的繼任者羅穆盧斯，意大利統(tǒng)治者和西奧多里克都不敢自稱君主。
Instead they settled for the title of Rex or King or Dukes or Duke.
他們都稱自己為國王或者公爵。
Under the nominal overall Lordship of the Eastern Roman Empire.
他們都是名義上掌握東羅馬帝國統(tǒng)治權(quán)的君王。
In 800 AD charlemagne kept a string of conquests by having himself crowned not just Emperor but Emperor of Rome.
公元800年，查理曼大帝發(fā)動了一系列戰(zhàn)爭，從而讓自己不僅僅成為國王且是羅馬國王。
Thereby founding the so called Holy Roman Empire.
因此也就建立了所謂的神圣羅馬帝國。
The Pope who crowned him Leo The III bore as his official title the old Roman term Pontific Maximus Chief Priest.
把他封為里奧三世的教皇厭倦了自己的官方頭銜，首席牧師一個羅馬短語。
The more colloquial name for his role Papa or Pope is itself a colloquial form of the Latin word Pater or Father.
而一個更口語化的稱呼Papa或者Pope在拉丁語中本身就是希臘語，Pater意思是神父。
And of course brings in all of the patriarchal associations present from the very beginning of Roman society.
這還帶來了很多愛國的聯(lián)想，讓人從現(xiàn)在聯(lián)想到羅馬社會建立之初。
Obviously the elaborate ancient Roman patriarchy is alive and well in the Roman Catholic Church today.
很顯然古羅馬人悉心的愛國主義在今天的天主教會中依然存在，保留得很好。
And when the Ottomans conquered Constantinople in 1453 their Sultan added to his title or Caesar of Rome.
1453年當(dāng)奧斯曼人占領(lǐng)君士坦丁堡時，他們的蘇丹還為自己加封了一個封號即羅馬凱撒。
