世界小史 第132期:罗马城

 　　Romulus, so the myth¹ goes, founded Rome.

　　这则神话说罗穆卢斯建立了罗马城。

　　They even had a date for it, 753 BC, and would later count the years from that date as the Greeks did from the Olympiads.

　　人们甚至说出建城的年代：公元前753年，罗马人后来便从这一年起计算年代，一如希腊人按奥林匹克运动会计算那样。

　　They would say: in such-and-such a year after the city's founding.

　　他们说：在建城后的某某年。

　　So, for example, the Roman year 100 is what we would call the 653rd year before the birth of Christ – or 653 BC.

　　所以，譬如罗马年100就相当于耶稣诞生前的第653年——或公元前653年。

　　The Romans had lots of other stories about the glorious past of their little city.

　　罗马人知道许多他们这座小城辉煌的过去的其它故事。

　　Tales of kings, both good and bad, and their wars with neighboring cities – I almost said with neighboring villages.

　　曾在那里统治过的善良的国王和邪恶的国王的故事，与各毗邻城市——或者我不如说与各毗邻乡村的战争的故事。

　　The 7th and last king was called Tarquin the Proud, and he was said to have been assassinated² by a nobleman named Brutus.

　　据说第七个，也就是最后一个名叫塔奎的国王被一个名叫布鲁图的贵族暗杀。

　　From that time onwards, power was in the hands of the nobility.

　　从那以后，古罗马的统治权便落在贵族手里。

1 myth   

n.神话，神话故事

参考例句：

• The story has points of resemblance to a Hebrew myth.这个故事与某个希伯来神话有相似之处。
• The story is a pure myth.这故事纯属虚构。

2 assassinated   

v.暗杀( assassinate的过去式和过去分词 )；中伤；诋毁；破坏

参考例句：

• The prime minister was assassinated by extremists. 首相遭极端分子暗杀。
• Then, just two days later, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. 跟着在两天以后，肯尼迪总统在达拉斯被人暗杀。 来自辞典例句