and we can compare the Draconic Code

我们也可以把《德拉古法典》
with a famous or less famous ones,

与其他大大小小的法典对比
much older, that we find especially in Mesopotamia

特别是与一部比它古老许多的
in the Ancient Near East.

古代近东两河流域的法典对比
The most famous of these

这部法典最为著名
because it has been inscribed on a remarkable piece of sculpture

因为它题写在了一块著名的石碑上
which is now in the Louvre in Paris,

现存于巴黎卢浮宫
the Code of Hammurabi from the second millennium B.C.,

它就是公元前两千年的《汉谟拉比法典》
is really quite similar in its essence.

其实质与《德拉古法典》很相像
It says, if so and so does such a thing, this is what the punishment is.

它规定了罪行与其所对应的惩罚
From our point of view,

在我们看来
early codes like Draco are notorious for how harsh they are.

《德拉古法典》一类的早期法典都以严酷著称