the hoplite class of independent farmer

那些独立的自耕农形成的重装步兵
would have participated in this regime.

他们会加入到这个政体中
He would have been a full fledged citizen.

他们羽翼丰满张翅待飞
Fighting would be done chiefly by the phalanx,

步兵方阵担负了主要的战斗
with these folks doing the fighting.

而这些人则是方阵的主力
These men would be the economic backbone of the community,

他们也是社会经济发展的主力
turning out the grain and the wine,

体现于其对谷物葡萄酒
and the olive oil and whatever else, vegetables that they had to produce

橄榄油和各类必要蔬菜的生产
and being the independent fellows that they were.

同时他们依然保有自由人的身份
Finally, they would have played a part in the political life of the city.

最终他们会参与到城市的政治生活中
Here, it would vary from town to town.

在这点上不同城镇的境况截然不同
You might have a relatively narrow oligarchy

你可能会遇到一个典型的