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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  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
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  Augustus basically said, "I'm not a king,
  奥古斯都想表达的是
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  I'm just another senator, and I'm giving the Senate and
  "我不是国王 我只是一个元老 并且
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  the people all their power back."
  夺回了元老院和罗马人民应有的权利"
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  A lie, all lies.
  谎言 全都是谎言
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  See, lying in government didn't start with our government.
  看吧 政府撒谎绝对不是从我们政府才开始的
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  So Augustus actually reconstituted the Senate,
  事实却是奥古斯都重组了元老会
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  and it was just that, a Senate reconstituted by the emperor.
  就像是一个皇帝重组了元老会
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  He became more and more the patron of all the people.
  他变成愈来愈多人的庇护者