The Roman Senate fascinated Mr Byrd almost as much as the American.

伯德对罗马元老院的着迷不亚于美国参议院。

Caesar paused a moment on the bank. He knew that to cross it would be to declare war against Pompey and the Roman Senate.

Caesar 在河岸上停了一会儿。他知道过这条河就要向 Pompey 和罗马议会宣战。

This was especially so after the Roman Senate found out about his will, in which he declared his intention to be buried in Egypt beside Cleopatra.

尤其是在罗马元老院发现了他的遗嘱之后，他在遗嘱中宣布他打算葬在埃及的克利奥帕特拉身边。

An open letter to the Roman Senate.

一封致罗马元老院的公开信。

But don’t get me wrong, Roman senate, you were terrible.

但不要误会我的意思，罗马元老院，你太糟糕了。

It wasn’t long until the Roman Senate took away all of Antony’s titles.

没过多久， 罗马元老院就剥夺了安东尼的所有头衔。

The Roman provinces were ruled for Rome's benefit alone. The proconsuls and propraetors themselves were accountable only to the Roman Senate, of which they were already influential members.

罗马省份的管理只符合罗马利益那些资深长官和前领事们只对罗马元老院负责，他们早已是元老院影响力很大的成员。

The cult of Cybele was a cult sanctioned by the Roman Senate and Cybele herself was not only a fertility goddess but the mistress of wild nature and protectress in times of war.

西布莉教是由罗马元老院批准的，西布莉本人不仅是一位生育女神，而且是野生自然的女主人和战争时期的保护者。

The Roman senate was in no shape to restore the republic, instead the Praetorian Guard actually auctioned off the empire, more precisely, promise of the Praetorian Guard's support to the idiot who bid the most money.

罗马议会已经无法重建共和国，事实上，禁卫军拍卖了帝国，或者更准确地说，只要哪个傻瓜出钱最多，禁卫军就承诺支持该人。

Dear Roman Senate, Whether you were rubber stamping the laws of Emperor Augustus, or stabbing Caesar on the floor of your sacred hall, you were always doing something!

亲爱的罗马元老院， 无论你是在奥古斯都皇帝的法律上盖橡皮图章，还是在你神圣大厅的地板上刺伤凯撒， 你总是在做一些事情！

The case for war had to be discussed openly by the Roman Senate in the presence of the Roman people, meaning that all Roman citizens had at least some, even if it was passive, part in the decision.

战争的情况应该由元老院进行公开讨论罗马人要在场也就是说，至少罗马公民，能参与决策，尽管是被动决定。

But by 44 BCE, many Senators had decided that Caesar controlled too much of the power in Rome, and so they stabbed him 23 times on the floor of the Roman senate.

但到了公元前 44 年，许多参议员认为凯撒在罗马控制了过多的权力， 因此他们在罗马参议院的地板上刺了他 23 刀。

Silk was so popular among the Roman elite that the Roman senate repeatedly tried to ban it, complaining about trade imbalances caused by the silk trade and also that silk was inadequately modest.

丝绸在罗马精英中如此受欢迎， 以至于罗马元老院多次试图禁止它，抱怨丝绸贸易造成的贸易不平衡以及丝绸不够谦虚。