And like Americans of our day, Romans of the Republic considered their civic system to be a work of genius and utterly exceptional.
并且，正如今天的美国人一样，当时的罗马人认为他们的民事系统是天才和完全例外的成果。
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Unlike Americans of our day, however, few in the Roman Republic felt their system should be, or could be, embraced by others in the mysterious ancient societies of the East.