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The Etruscans were influenced to at least some extent
伊特鲁利亚人受到古希腊人的影响
by the ancient Greeks, many of whom
其中很多人
had colonized southern Italy.
在意大利南部进行殖民统治
The Etruscans proved to be the single
伊特鲁利亚人是唯一一个
most extensive influence on Roman society.
对罗马社会产生大规模影响的国家
Thanks to the Etruscans, the Romans worshipped
由于伊特鲁利亚人的影响，罗马人崇拜
a group of anthropomorphic deities,
一群人神同形的神明
that is to say, gods and goddesses who
也就是说，这些神的
looked, thought and behaved
外貌，思想和行为
like mortal men and mortal women.
和凡人没有区别
Like the Etruscans, the Romans
就像伊特鲁利亚人，罗马人
believed in all sorts of fortune tellers,
相信各种预言家
developed their own very funky, artistic traditions,
有自己的艺术传统
and wrote with this thing called an alphabet,
写字时使用字母表
which they had gotten from the ancient Greeks.
这是从古希腊学到的
But the early relationship between
但是罗马人和伊特鲁利亚人
Romans and Etruscans was very seldom friendly.
早期的关系很不友好
Since the Etruscans were by far
因为伊特鲁利亚人
the more advanced culture,
有更先进的文化
the Etruscans dominated the Romans in Latium,
伊特鲁利亚人支配罗马人
and probably ruled Rome for quite some time.
或许统治了罗马相当一段时间
It is even thought that the Etruscan kings
甚至有人认为伊特鲁利亚人的国王
had drained the swamp between the hills of Rome
排干罗马各山丘之间沼泽的水
and built the Roman forum,
建立了古罗马城市广场
because, left to their own devices,
因为，凭借罗马人的设备
the Romans themselves never would
他们根本不可能
have accomplished such a feat of engineering.
完成这样浩大的工程
Not that the Romans were particularly grateful.
并不是说罗马人对此心怀感激
The General Camillus who just delivered
卡美卢斯将军发表了
that cute speech about Rome's location
关于罗马位置的讲话
was just one of a number of Roman generals
他和很多罗马将军一样
who won eternal glory by kicking Etruscan tail.
通过抵御伊特鲁利亚人而获得永恒的荣誉
Likewise, the fall of the Roman monarchy in 509 BC
相似的是，公元前509年罗马君主国的衰落
probably related more to hatred of Etruscans,
和伊特鲁利亚人的怨恨的有关，超出
than it did to hatred of monarchy.
人们对君主制的憎恨
And while we're at it,
我们在讨论时
let's take a look at that good old Roman monarchy.
看看古老的罗马君主制
Segment 6d: A Farewell to Kings. 6d
告别国王
As Roman legend has it, the Roman monarchy
据罗马神话所说，罗马君主制
lasted from 753 BC to 509 BC.
从公元前753年到公元前509年
The traditional list of Roman kings goes like this.
罗马国王的名单如下
753 to 716, Romulus, the founder.
753到716年，罗马创始人
715 to 674 BC, Numa Pompilius,
715到674年，努马·庞皮留斯
who founded the Roman religion
他创立了罗马宗教
and married a nymph by the name of Egeria.
娶了一位叫埃杰里亚的女神
673 to 642, Tullius Hostilius,
673年到642年，图路斯·荷提留斯
who destroyed the neighboring city of Alba Longa.
他摧毁了临近的亚伯隆加
642 to 617, Ancus Marcius.
642到617年，安古斯·马奇路斯
616 to 579, Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, 616到579
卢修斯·塔克文·布里斯库
the Etruscan who supposedly drained the forum swamp.
据说这位伊特鲁利亚人在沼泽上建立广场
578 to 535, Servius Tullius, 578到535
塞尔维乌斯·图利乌斯
the wall builder who was a native born Roman.
他建立了墙，是土生土长的罗马人
And finally 535 to 509, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, 535到509
卢修斯·塔克文·苏佩布
Tarquin the haughty,
自大的塔奎因
an Etruscan who built the Capitoline temple.
这位伊特鲁利亚人建造了朱庇特神殿
If you count the year 509 BC toward the monarchy,
如果把509年算作君主制时期的话
it lasted for 245 years,
君主制就持续了245年
giving each of the 7 kings
这样，七位国王在位
an average reign of 35 years. Neat, huh?
平均时间为35年，是个整数
There's also a cute pattern in which
同时，这是个很有趣的模式
the odd numbered kings were warlike,
排名奇数的国王好战
and the even numbered kings were peace-loving. Cute.
偶数排名的国王热爱和平，很有趣
Finally, the two Tarquin kings are Etruscans
最后两位塔奎因国王都是伊特鲁利亚人
with the Roman, Servius Tullius wedged in between them.
塞尔维乌斯·图利乌斯的统治介于两者之间
Clearly, there is a lot of literary invention
很明显，其中有一些
going on here.
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