would also produce respect in proportion

都会得到周围人的尊敬
to how great had been your contribution to the state.

荣誉越大得到的尊重就越多
I don't think they had formal ways of indicating that.

关于这点他们并没有什么明文规定
I don't think there's a question of medals or anything like that.

并不是颁发一枚奖章或是其他东西
Everybody knew in a state of this size,

在这种规模的城邦中每个人都会知道的
everybody knew who was who and treated them accordingly.

大家对彼此都很了解心知肚明
Now, there were also over time,

过了一段时间之后
there grew up to be inequalities not only of age and of honor

人与人的差别除了年龄和荣誉
but also of wealth.

还包括财富
It's a little bit hard to know how all this came about,

我们无从得知贫富差别始于何时
but at different times in Spartan history you see

但是在斯巴达的历史中我们能发现
there are people who have managed to lose their kleros

有些人不得不放弃其家庭土地