Overall, the Holy Roman Empire in the modern world would be an absolute powerhouse.

总的来说，神圣罗马帝国在现代是一个绝对的强国。

Anyway, what would the world look like if the Holy Roman Empire was for whatever reason resurrected today?

不管怎样，如果神圣罗马帝国今天因为某种原因复苏了，会变成什么样子？

The modern Holy Roman Empire would also have an enormous economy with a nominal GDP of 9.232 trillion US dollars.

现代神圣罗马帝国也拥有庞大的经济规模，名义上的国内生产总值为 9.232 万亿美元。

Back in 1555, the Holy Roman Empire had managed to stop the continent exploding with something called the Peace of Augsburg.

早在1555年，神圣罗马帝国通过《奥格斯堡和约》设法阻止了大陆的爆发。

I say Empire in air quotes because the history of the Holy Roman Empire and the way it operated is incredibly complicated.

我说帝国是加了引号的，因为神圣罗马帝国的史及其国家的运作方式非常复杂。

Normandy itself had been lost by King John to the French crown, while the multicultural Kingdom of Sicily was now part of the Holy Roman Empire.

诺曼底本身已经被约翰王割让给了法国王室，而多元文化的西西里王国成为了神圣罗马帝国的一部分。

Roman, and not imperial Holy Roman Emperor, was Marie Antoinette’s brother. I should note, by the way, that at this point, the Holy Roman Empire was basically just Austria.

既不圣神 也不是罗马 更不是帝国的 圣神罗马帝国的皇帝同时也是玛丽.安托瓦内特的哥哥 顺便一说 此时的神圣罗马帝国基本等于今天的奥地利。

Richard had made enemies from Sicily to Cyprus during his crusade and alienated his allies in France and the holy Roman empire which quickly came back to haunt him.

理查在十字军间，从西西里岛到塞浦路斯都树敌无数，还疏远了他在法国和神圣罗马帝国的盟友，这些盟友很快就回来困扰他。

Historically and up to the present day to an extent, Afghanistan continues to operate in a way that's more similar to the holy Roman empire than the European Union.

从史上到今天，在某种程度上，阿富汗的国家运转形式更类似于神圣罗马帝国，而不是欧盟。

It was the start of a journey that would take him not just across the Holy Roman Empire, but into more danger than this sickly teen could have ever believed possible.

这是一段旅程的开始，这段旅程不仅带他穿越了神圣罗马帝国，还让这个体弱的少年经了他从未想象过的危险。

The Holy Roman Empire was never really an empire or holy or Roman.

-神圣罗马帝国从来都不是真正的帝国、神圣或罗马帝国。

Many historians cite this as the  official start of the Holy Roman Empire.

许多史学家此视为神圣罗马帝国的正式开端。

James Bryce had even discovered the Holy Roman Empire.

詹姆斯布莱斯甚至发现了神圣罗马帝国。

As a good Lutheran growing up in the Holy Roman Empire — a collection of several hundred states roughly analogous to modern Germany — Kepler wasn't meant to be a mathematician.

作为一个在神圣罗马帝国（一个由几百个邦国组成的帝国，大致类似于现代德国）长大的虔诚的路德教徒，开普勒并没有打算成为一名数学家。

This act established what the Frankish Emperors  would eventually call the Holy Roman Empire.

这一法案建立了法兰克皇帝最终称之为神圣罗马帝国的国家。

Voltaire famously pointed out that the Holy Roman Empire Wits neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire; but the Habsburgs, who presided over it for more than 300 years, often had other ideas.

伏尔泰曾对其做了一个很有名的评价，他指出神圣罗马帝国既非神圣、亦非罗马、更非帝国；但统治罗马300多年的哈布斯堡人，往往有其他想法。

What is certain, however, is that Otto was crowned  emperor of the new Holy Roman Empire in 955.

然而，可以肯定的是，奥托于 955 年加冕为新神圣罗马帝国的皇帝。

The Swiss Confederation got its independence from the Holy Roman Empire in 1499, making it the oldest independent nation on this list.

瑞士联邦于 1499 年从神圣罗马帝国获得独立，使其成为这份名单上最古老的独立国家。

The first was medieval -- it was called the " Holy Roman Empire." In fact, the emperor's castle still towers above Nuernberg.

第一个是中纪——它被称为“神圣罗马帝国”。 事实上，皇帝的城堡仍然耸立在纽伦堡之上。

After the western Roman empire fell in 476 AD, or some other year, the kings of the so-called Holy Roman Empire, 962 to 1806 AD routinely referred to themselves as Kaiser, the German form of the name Caesar.

西罗马帝国在公元476年衰落，或者是别的年份，所谓的神圣罗马帝国的国王，从公元962年到1806年一直自称为Kaiser (皇帝)是Caesar在德语中的表达。