army that was at the time winning battles in Gaul, modern France.

凯撒成功扮演了一支庞大军队中统帅的角色
One example about this is how--Julius Caesar was the

关于此事有这样一个例子
patron, the paterfamilias,

在某种意义上
in a sense, of his army,

凯撒是士兵的庇护者大家长
his soldiers--is that one time the Senate,

元老院忧心
who got nervous about Julius's growth in popularity and power,

凯撒的高涨的知名度与日益膨胀的势力
they wanted to take some legions, some Roman legions,

他们想要从凯撒在高卢的军队中
away from Julius Caesar in Gaul,

抽调一部分
and send them to another general in Syria.

派遣至叙利亚的另一位将军麾下
The reason they did this was because they wanted to take some

他们这么做就是要
of Julius's power away.

削弱凯撒的势力
They were afraid he was going to set himself as dictator,

他们害怕凯撒会成为独裁者