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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  Carthage is a colony of Phoenician cities.
  迦太基是腓尼基人的殖民地
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  Phoenicia was located where Lebanon is now,
  腓尼基就位于现在的黎巴嫩
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  and it goes back to maybe the tenth century, maybe the ninth,
  在公元前十世纪 或许是九世纪
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  and it was powerful.
  腓尼基实力强大
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  It tried to control not only North Africa,
  它不仅仅想控制北非
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  but the waters of the Mediterranean in the west entirely.
  甚至想把地中海西部也据为己有
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  The Carthaginians, in fact,
  实际上 迦太基人
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  have a powerful pied à terre in the western part of Sicily
  在西西里岛西部拥有强大的驻军
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  and the Greeks will have to fight the Carthaginians
  而在接下来的历史里 为了争夺西西里岛
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  over the years for control of the island of Sicily.
  古希腊人与他们进行了长年的战争
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  So, that's how far east they get
  这就是在东部 希腊人所能到达的最远之地
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  and in time the Carthaginians also cross over into Spain
  同一时间 迦太基人进入到西班牙