来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：新约及其历史背景 第3集 第3集》

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  Greek language, culture, and religions,
  没有要改变希腊语 希腊文化和宗教
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  different religions and the syncretism,
  或者是不同的宗教以及宗教融合
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  Greek education, the polis structure --
  或是希腊式教育以及城邦的社会结构
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  all of these things remained in the East throughout
  罗马人保留了东部所有的希腊遗存
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  the Roman rule of the East, all the way up until the time
  直到后来
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  you had a Christian emperor with Constantine, and later.
  出现了一个基督徒君王 康斯坦丁
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  But there's one thing that the Romans made even more of,
  只有在一件事情上罗马人做得甚于希腊人
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  than the Greeks had made of, and this is the patron-client structure.
  就是庇护主义
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  This is a bit more of a distinctly Roman institution,
  这是典型的罗马社会制度
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  even a legal institution.
  甚至算是法定的制度
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  But it's important for understanding both the Roman empire,
  了解了它 就能了解罗马帝国
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  as well as early Christianity and its patron-client relations.
  还有早期基督教和它的庇护关系