these little states all be brought together into

在要求那些小州被融合进一个伟大的
a great German empire and that's where Droysen was.

德意志帝国这就是德罗伊森当时的环境
The future, Droysen said, was with Philip.

德罗伊森说未来是属于菲利普的
Demosthenes was a reactionary trying to retain things that were--

德摩斯梯尼想保护那些过时的东西
whose time had come and gone.

这想法是守旧的
What was needed was the unification of the ancient Mediterranean and

未来的趋势是古地中海区域统一的大局
this was a step in that direction.

菲利普正是朝着这一方向迈出了一步
Why was it necessary to have a unification of the ancient Mediterranean?

为什么统一古地中海如此重要呢
As would finally be accomplished,

这个目标最终实现了
not by Philip and Macedon, but by the Romans,

不是由菲利普和马其顿而是罗马人
because it was all part of the great plan without

在这个雄伟的规划中
which there could not have been Christianity.

不统一就不会有基督教