每一个富有的罗马人都有几栋乡村别墅，大多坐落在海边。他们有许多当仆役的奴隶，

　　and fine libraries in which the works of all the best Greek and Latin poets were to be found.

　　有漂亮的图书馆，藏有所有优秀的希腊和拉丁诗人的作品。

　　The villas of the rich even had their own sports grounds and cellars stocked with the best wines.

　　连专用的运动场富人的别墅里也有，还有装满葡萄美酒的酒窖。

　　If a Roman felt bored at home he would take himself to the marketplace, the law-courts or to the baths.

　　如果一个罗马人在家里呆腻了，他就去市场，去法院或进浴场。

　　The bath houses, or therms, were monumental buildings supplied by aqueducts with water from distant mountains.

　　这些浴场叫公共温泉浴场，是极大的设施，由水管从遥远的山脉供水，

　　They were magnificently furnished and decorated and had halls for hot baths, cold baths and steam baths, and others for practicing sports.

　　装有富丽堂皇的设备，有可洗热水浴和冷水浴的厅堂，有可洗蒸汽浴和进行体育锻炼的大厅。

　　Ruins of these colossal therms can still be seen.

　　这样巨大的浴室或公共温泉浴场的遗址今天还可以见到。

　　With their high vaulted ceilings, their brightly colored marble pillars and their pools tiled with rare and precious stones, they look more like fairy-tale palaces.

　　你会以为它们是神奇的王宫，它们有那么多巨大的圆顶、彩色的大理石柱和用贵重岩石砌成的水池。

　　Bigger still, and even more impressive were the theaters.

　　更大更有气派的是剧场。