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All the little citystates once more began to quarrel with each other as they had done in the good old days.
所有的希臘城邦再度陷人無休止的相互爭吵中，一如它們在光榮的舊時代的所為。
The Romans, who had little understanding and less love for these silly bickerings of a race which they rather despised, showed great forebearance.
顯然，羅馬人的政治理解力還達不到這般精妙的程度，他們不喜歡這個民族內的愚蠢爭論。
But tiring of these endless dissensions they lost patience, invaded Greece, burned down Corinth (to "encourage the other Greeks") and sent a Roman governor to Athens to rule this turbulent province.
起初他們極力容忍，可漫天飛舞的謠言與攻訐終于使務實的羅馬人失去了耐性。他們攻人希臘，焚毀柯林斯城以警告其他城邦，并派遣一名總督去統治雅典這個騷動不安的省份。
In this way, Macedonia and Greece became buffer states which protected Rome's eastern frontier.
這樣，馬其頓和希臘變成了保衛羅馬東部邊疆的緩沖區。
Meanwhile right across the Hellespont lay the Kingdom of Syria, and Antiochus III, who ruled that vast land, had shown great eagerness
此時，越過赫勒斯蓬特海峽就是敘利亞王國安蒂阿卡斯三世統治著的廣袤土地。
when his distinguished guest, General Hannibal, explained to him how easy it would be to invade Italy and sack the city of Rome.
當其尊貴的客人，漢尼拔將軍向他解釋人侵意大利、掠奪整個羅馬城將是一件輕而易舉的事情時，安蒂阿卡斯三世不禁躍躍欲試。
Lucius Scipio, a brother of Scipio the African fighter who had defeated Hannibal and his Carthaginians at Zama, was sent to Asia Minor.
盧修斯·西皮奧，即人侵非洲并在扎馬大敗漢尼拔及其速太基軍隊的西皮奧將軍的弟弟，被派往小亞細亞。
He destroyed the armies of the Syrian king near Magnesia (in the year 190 B.C.)
公元前190年，他在瑪格尼西亞附近摧毀了敘利亞軍隊。
Shortly afterwards, Antiochus was lynched by his own people.
不久后，安蒂阿卡斯被自己的人民私刑處死，
Asia Minor became a Roman protectorate and the small City-Republic of Rome was mistress of most of the lands which bordered upon the Mediterranean.
小亞細亞隨之成為羅馬的保護地。這個小小的城市共和國最終成為了地中海周圍大片土地的主人。
