The towns came of two; one was ancient "military town", another was ancient "marketplace" .

镇的起源有二 ，一是古代的“军镇”，一是古代的“市”。

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MURGHAB, Tajikistan — On the outskirts of this wind-scoured town, founded in 1893 as a Russian military post, the construction of a new customs compound heralds the return of another major power.

穆尔加布(Murghab)，塔吉克斯坦---1893年，当时的俄罗斯建起了这座小镇，作为军事哨卡。 在这座常年刮风的小镇郊外，新建成的海关综合设施预示着另一个大国的回归。

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At that time the town, then called Eboracum, was an important military base and urban settlement which grew to become the Roman Empire's northernmost provincial capital.

当时这个地方，名叫爱波罗肯（意为:紫杉林地——译者注）。 此地是非常重要的军事要塞和城郭，后来成了罗马最北边行省的首府。

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But residents say hundreds of Ethiopian troops have poured into the eastern part of town to set up military bases.

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Pakistani officials say the military gained control of the town of Kotkai Saturday, following days of heavy fighting.

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Pakistan's military has achieved a measure of success against Taliban militants in the Swat Valley and taken control of its main town,Mingora.

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Alexey was born in June, 1976, near Moscow, in Butyn, a military town closed to the public.

NEWYORKER: Net Impact

Bin Laden and his extended family spent more than five years in a military town packed with retired generals.

ECONOMIST: One year on, the story makes for a gripping read

That quarrel had just about been patched up by May, when American special forces discovered and killed Osama bin Laden nesting in what was probably a Pakistani army-spy safe house in a military town, Abbottabad.

ECONOMIST: Relations between the two look increasingly poisonous