希腊人热爱海洋；罗马人热爱陆地。

The Greeks were wedded to the sea; the Romans, to the land.

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随着罗马帝国的发展，罗马人需要控制海洋，为此他们需要建造能够容纳一支舰队的港口。

As the Roman Empire grew, the Romans needed to take control of the seas and for this they needed to build harbours capable of holding a fleet of ships.

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我们今天所熟知的单词“pirate”或“pyrate”，大概是在公元前一世纪中期的时候，从罗马历史学家波利比乌斯(Polybius)首次使用的词“periato”演变而来的，意思是“海洋掠夺者”。

The word we know today as 'pirate' or 'pyrate' comes from the Roman historian Polybius around the mid 100 BC era, who used the word 'periato' to describe sea marauders.

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