来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第7集 第7集》

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  and that's the name.
  这就是这个词的含义
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  Colony is a Latin word ultimately for colonia
  殖民地是拉丁词Colony的衍生
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  and the Roman colonies were,
  对于古罗马的殖民地来说
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  first of all,garrisons that they planted in land they had conquered
  首先 派兵驻守占领的城市
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  to keep the people quiet.
  震慑当地民众
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  So, they would be alien bosses in a different territory.
  他们成为了外来的统治者
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  And then later in history, in Roman history,
  之后 在罗马史中
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  that was the name given to establishments,rural establishments,
  把这些地方称为农村
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  when the civilization was breaking down
  那时候社会文明发展比较落后
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  and the men who worked on those rural places really were not free men.
  在那里劳作的不是自由人
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  They were the antecedents of the Serfs,
  他们是农奴的祖先
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  which we will see later on in medieval history in europe.
  这段历史我们在中世纪的欧洲会涉及