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A strict Marxist Soviets had to avoid comparisons with the openly Imperialistic Romans.
嚴格的馬克思主義蘇聯人都會避免把自己和帝國主義的羅馬作對比。
Its leaders believed in spreading Communism with the same favor that (Unclear) brought to his mission of founding Rome.
蘇聯領導人相信通過宣傳共產主義同樣可以實現自己重建羅馬的目標。
The Soviet tactics of cloaking monarchy with democratic trappings bore a great resemblance to Augustus's principate.
蘇聯這種民主掩蓋下的專政和奧古斯都的專政驚人地相似。
Than they would ever dare admit to.
但是他們卻從來都不敢承認。
The other fascinating legacy is the Legend of Rome's fall.
另一個重要的遺產就是羅馬帝國覆滅的神話。
Traditionally attributed to Edward Giben to Barbarian invasions and the alleged moral weakness created by Christianity.
傳統上來說人們把它歸咎于愛德華野蠻人入侵以及基督教造成的道德缺陷。
The reality is as I believe I've indicated here over and again, more complex.
我在之前也暗示過很多次了，事實其實很復雜。
But that's not stopped people from attempting to isolating their own reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire.
但這并不會阻礙人們繼續談論羅馬帝國覆滅的原因。
Which is still usually dated the 476 even though the Eastern Roman Empire hung around for nearly another millennium.
一般人們認為覆滅于476年，即便東羅馬帝國往后又延續了千年的時間。
Orgies, immorality, taxes, Christianity, pagan, militarism, a weak military you get the picture.
縱欲、不道德、課稅、基督教、異教徒、軍國主義、羸弱的軍隊，從圖片中都可以看出來。
None of this changes however the fact that the Roman Empire did eventually fall.
但這些都不會改變羅馬帝國最終滅亡了的事實。
As Americans we would prefer not to consider the chances that our nation and our culture might eventually fall too, but it might.
作為美國人，我們可能不愿意去想我們國家和我們的文化最終也可能會消失，但總有這種可能。
