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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  Queen of Egypt, and Octavian beat both of them,
  克利奥帕特拉 屋大维讲他俩一举拿下
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  and he became the sole ruler of the empire in 27 BCE.
  他于公元前27年成为了帝国的唯一统治者
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  He refused the title of king, and he took the traditional
  他拒绝了国王的头衔
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  Republican titles.
  而采用了传统的共和国名称
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  One of his propagandists said this about him:
  他的一名推崇者这样鼓吹道
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  "The pristine form of the Republic was recalled as of old."
  他还原了共和国的原始形式
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  Or Augustus--he had taken the title Augustus by this time,
  那时他受封奥古斯都的头衔
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  which means "The great"--
  意思是"伟大"
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  he himself said, "I transferred the
  他自己说到
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  Republic from my power to the dominion of the Senate and the
  我用自己的力量使共和国统治了元老会
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  people of Rome."
  和罗马人民
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  In other words, in his propaganda,
  套用推崇者的话