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

伯德对罗马元着迷不亚于美国参议。

When it declined, the Republic fell.

随着元衰退，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."

“罗马跳动心脏不是元大理石，而是竞技场沙子。”

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

尽管元意见从来没有被官方认可为有法律效力，行政官认为元会有约束力。

An open letter to the Roman Senate.

一封致罗马元公开信。

Your senate was chosen from among the Patrician class.

你元是从贵族阶层中选出。

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

庞培开始倾向于元中优胜者，他们是反对凯撒有用盟友。

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

马吕斯已经成为他自己法律，元中许多人觉得有必要阻止他。

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

他会对许多反对他元成员表现出极大宽大处理。

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，但他认为还是应该对元行为表示遗憾。

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枢机主教们想要一个强硬教皇以清理元心。

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.

公关行为，尽管元贵族派系成员，也就是各元怒不可遏，所谓前三头同盟成员还是一直控制着罗马政治。

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.

现在罗马比罗马城邦更强大了，格拉古兄弟也知道了招惹元残酷代价。

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

作为贵族或者元阶级一员唯一缺点是元不应有商业利益。

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.

尤其是在罗马元发现了他遗嘱之后，他在遗嘱中宣布他打算葬在埃及克利奥帕特拉身边。

Pirate attacks on grain ships, which were essential to Roman citizens, led to angry voices in the Senate, demanding punishment of the culprits.

海盗袭击对罗马公民来说是必不可少粮船，这导致元发出愤怒声音，要求惩罚罪犯。

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.

另一方是元元和凯撒刺杀者组成联盟。凯撒刺杀者就是所谓共和制拥护者，这一派由雄辩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负责，他们早已是元影响力很大成员。

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威望，改善下层阶级粮食安全，并在辞去领事职务时放弃对军队控制。

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女孩喧嚣，以及她著名律师和聂赫留朵夫本人出现在元场面，在他看来简直令人作呕。