Stoicism was founded in Ancient Greece by Zeno of Citium in the early 3rd century BC, but was practised by the likes of Epictetus, Cato, Seneca and Marcus Aurelius.

斯多葛学派于公元前3世纪早期由西提乌姆的泽诺在古希腊创立，但埃皮克泰德、卡托、塞内卡和马库斯·奥雷利乌斯等人都信奉斯多葛学派。

In 537 BC, some 300 years before the first emperor unified China.

公元前 537 年，大约在秦始皇统一的三百年前。

There is the partially intact ruins of a Roman theatre dating back to 15 BC.

这里有部分保存完好的古罗马剧场遗迹，其历史可以追溯至公元前15年。

Caesar had spent a lot of time in Egypt, where 365-day calendars were all the rage, so in 46 BC, he flushed Rome’s lunar calendar down the aqueduct and installed a solar calendar.

Caesar曾在埃及待了一段很长的时间，而在那时的埃及盛行365天为一年的历法，所以，在公元前46年，他废了罗马的阴历，改用了阳历。

It isn't known when people first started to observe the skies, but at around 650 BC, the Babylonians produced the first short-range weather forecasts, based on their observations of clouds and other phenomena.

人类第一次开始观测天空已不可知，但是大概在公元前650年，巴比伦人创造了第一个短期天气预报系统，基于他们对于云彩和其他现象的观察。

Want to see a 3rd century BC army of more than 8000 men ?

想一睹公元前3世纪多达8000多人的军？

And Homer tells stories of this distant past, you too, the Trojan war happened between 12th to 11th century BC, but Homer lived in the 8th century BC.

荷马讲述的是遥远的过去，特洛伊战争发生在公元前12至11世纪之间，但荷马生活在公元前8世纪。

The warrior story is supposedly set around 2,356 BC.

据说勇士故事大约发生在公元前2356年左右。

He died in the fourth century BC.

他死于公元前4世纪。

However, by the 5th century BC, Herodotus, a Greek historian, made the following observation.

然而，到了公元前 5 世纪，希腊历史学家希罗多德做出了以下观察。

Typically for regional BC, we're counting on about 30%.

通常对于 BC 省的地区，我们指望大约 30%。

Human consumption of caffeine likely starts back in 3000 BC with the consumption of tea.

人类对咖啡因的使用可能始于公元前3000年的茶饮用。

By the first century BC, Rome had conquered the entire Mediterranean coastline.

到公元前一世纪，罗马征服了整个地海沿海地带。

The wall finally took shape in the third century BC.

公元前三世纪，城墙终于建成。

Socrates (470-399 BC) is possibly the most enigmatic figure in the entire history of philosophy.

苏格拉底(公元前四七O～公元前三九九年)也许是整个哲学史上最神秘难解的人物。

It's a replica of a classical work originally made perhaps around 300 BC.

这是一件古典作品的复制品最初约在公元前三百年雕刻完成。

The city was founded in the 8th century BC.

该城是公元前8世纪建成的。

In the 3rd Century BC, the Greek mathematician Archimedes famously stated " Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world."

公元前 3 世纪，希腊数学家阿基米德有句名言：“给我一根足够长的杠杆和一个放置它的支点，我就能撬动世界。”

Assuming the older version, then the pharaoh would have died in 1479 BC.

如果按照更老的版本，法老应该死于公元前1479年。

The sugarcane plant was first domesticated around 8000 BC.

甘蔗植物在公元前 8000 年左右首次被驯化。