The Roman Senate fascinated Mr Byrd almost as much as the American.

伯德对罗马元院的着迷不亚于美国参议院。

When it declined, the Republic fell.

随着元院的衰退，罗马共和国也灭亡了。

" The beating heart of Rome is not the marble of the senate, it's the sand of the coliseum."

“罗马跳动的心脏不是元院的大理石，而是竞技场的沙子。”

While the Senate's opinions never officially held the force of law, the magistrates regarded them as binding anyway.

尽管元院的意见从来没有被官方认可有法律效力，行政官认元会有约束力。

An open letter to the Roman Senate.

一封致罗马元院的公开信。

Notwithstanding the abhorence Nekhludoff felt for Maslova, he thought it proper to express his regret at the Senate's action.

尽管聂赫留朵夫对玛丝洛娃深恶痛绝，但他认还是应该对元院的行表示遗憾。

Your senate was chosen from among the Patrician class.

你的元院是从贵族阶层中选出的。

Pompey started to drift towards the Optimates in  the senate, who were useful allies against Caesar.

庞培开始倾向于元院中的优胜者，他们是反对凯撒的有用盟友。

Marius had become a law unto himself, and  many in the Senate felt the need to stop him.

马吕斯已经成他自己的法律，元院中的许多觉得有必要阻止他。

He would show great clemency to many members  of the senate who had fought against him.

他会对许多反对他的元院成员表现出极大的宽大处理。

The episode may also strengthen the resolve of the mainly English- and German-speaking cardinals who want a vigorous pope to clean up the Curia.

这个插曲可能也坚定了主要来自英语和德语国家的枢机主教们想要一个强硬的教皇以清理元院的决心。

While the members of the Senate's aristocratic faction, or optimates, seethed, the minions of the so-called First Triumvirate maintained their stranglehold on Roman politics.

公关行，尽管元院的贵族派系成员，也就是各元怒不可遏，所谓的前三头同盟的成员还是一直控制着罗马的政治。

The only drawback to being a member of the noble or senatorial class was that senators were expected to be above having business interests.

作贵族或者元院阶级的一员的唯一缺点是元不应有商业利益。

No Roman was greater than the Roman state, and the Gracchi had learned the hard way not to stick one's neck out against the Senate.

现在的罗马比罗马城邦更强大了，格拉古兄弟也知道了招惹元院的残酷代价。

Augustus worked to restore the Senate’s prestige, improved food security for the lower classes, and relinquished control of the army when he resigned his consul post.

奥古斯都努力恢复元院的威望，改善下层阶级的粮食安全，并在辞去领事职务时放弃对军队的控制。

All this bustle about a fallen girl, and the presence there in the Senate of her famous counsel and Nekhludoff himself, was to him simply disgusting.

所有这些关于一个堕落的女孩的喧嚣，以及她著名的律师和聂赫留朵夫本出现在元院的场面，在他看来简直令作呕。

This was especially so after the Roman Senate found out about his will, in which he declared his intention to be buried in Egypt beside Cleopatra.

尤其是在罗马元院发现了他的遗嘱之后，他在遗嘱中宣布他打算葬在埃及的克利奥帕特拉身边。

On the other side were the Senatorial optimates, allied with the assassins of Caesar or the so-called republicans, led by the silver-tongued old statesman Cicero.

另一方是元院元和凯撒的刺杀者组成的联盟。凯撒刺杀者就是所谓的共和制拥护者，这一派由雄辩的资深政治家西塞罗领导。

The Roman provinces were ruled for Rome's benefit alone. The proconsuls and propraetors themselves were accountable only to the Roman Senate, of which they were already influential members.

罗马省份的管理只符合罗马利益那些资深长官和前领事们只对罗马元院负责，他们早已是元院影响力很大的成员。

He fought for Rome in Hispania alongside his great-uncle Caesar and took up the responsibility of avenging Caesar’s death when the corrupt oligarchs in the Senate betrayed and murdered him.

他在西班牙与他的叔叔凯撒一起罗马而战，并在元院的腐败寡头背叛并谋杀凯撒时，承担起凯撒报仇的责任。