世界小史 第194期:日耳曼公主

 　　Only two years later, in 453, Attila married a German princess and died on the same night. 此后不久阿提拉便死了，死于453年，死在他与一位日耳曼公主成婚的那一天。

　　Had the Pope not saved the Roman Empire of the West on that occasion it would have ceased to exist. 假如当时教皇没有挽救西罗马帝国，那么帝国就全完了，

　　For by this time the emperors had lost all authority, and such power as remained was in the hands of the soldiers, most of whom were Germans. 因为皇帝已经完全软弱无力。现在实际上只有军队尚还占着统治地位，

　　The day came when the soldiers found that they could do without an emperor, so they decided¹ to depose² him. 这些军队终于觉得这位皇帝纯属多余，于是决定推翻他

　　The last Roman emperor had a rather remarkable³ name: Romulus Augustulus. 罗马末代皇帝有一个奇怪的名字，他叫罗慕洛.奥古斯都。

　　It is a curious coincidence that Rome's founder⁴ and first king was called Romulus and the first Roman emperor was the Emperor Augustus. 你想想，第一位罗马国王，罗马的建立者，叫罗慕洛；第一位罗马皇帝叫奥古斯都。

　　Romulus Augustulus, the last one, was deposed⁵ in 476. 末代皇帝罗慕洛.奥古斯都在476年被推翻。

　　In his place, a German general called Odoacer proclaimed himself king of the Germans in Italy. 一位日耳曼统帅奥多亚塞，在他之后使自己在意大利当上了日耳曼人的国王。

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 depose   

vt.免职；宣誓作证

参考例句：

• The witness is going to depose.证人即将宣誓做证。
• The emperor attempted to depose the Pope.皇帝企图废黜教皇。

3 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

4 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

5 deposed   

v.罢免( depose的过去式和过去分词 )；（在法庭上）宣誓作证

参考例句：

• The president was deposed in a military coup. 总统在军事政变中被废黜。
• The head of state was deposed by the army. 国家元首被军队罢免了。 来自《简明英汉词典》