Yet, this narrative does not do justice  to the empire's place in history.

然而，这种叙述并不能公正地描述帝国在历史上的地位。

The other strategy is to try to incorporate conquered people into the empire more fully: In Rome’s case, to make them Romans.

另一个策略是试图将被征服的人地纳入帝国：在罗马的例子中，让他们成为罗马人。

Because the Romans learned how to rule their empire well, and did so for centuries, they were genuinely appreciated for their contributions to world peace.

因为罗马人学习如何很好地治理帝国，他们这样持续了数年，大家都赞赏罗马为世界平作出的贡献。

Life was able to flourish as both people and information could more easily travel amongst the empire... but then again, so could plagues and diseases.

生活得以繁荣， 因为人们信息都可以容易地在帝国之间传播… … 但话又说回来， 疾病也是如此。

The grip Rollo's descendants exerted on Europe and the Middle East was more the result of a militarised diaspora, vaulting ambition and crafty opportunism than of conscious empire-building.

罗洛的后代对欧洲中东施加的控制，大程度上是源于军事化的移居、过于雄心勃勃的野心狡猾的投机主义，而不是有意识地建立帝国。

Great Britain, oh, is already not coping well with the sudden and rapid loss of its empire and the loss of the canal seemed to be another hit to their prestige.

大不列颠已经不能很好地应对帝国的迅速瓦解，失去运河似乎是对他们声望的又一次打击。

Between the seventh and 12th century, the Byzantine Empire was still in full swing defending the remaining borders of the once massive Roman Empire, which often involved large Naval battles.

在 7 世纪 12 世纪之间，拜占庭帝国仍在如火如荼地保卫曾经庞大的罗马帝国的剩余边界， 这经常涉及大型海战。