The novel is set in the Roman period.

该小说的背景是罗马时期。

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A huge storm that collapsed part of a cliff on Israel's central coast led to the discovery of a statue dating back to the Roman period, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Tuesday.

以色列古物管理局周二表示，一场巨大的风暴摧毁了以色列中部海岸的一处悬崖，使得一尊罗马时期的雕像被发现。

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Its origin can be tracked to the Roman period, there is still a lot of controversy.

其渊源可以溯及到古罗马时期，至今仍然存在诸多的争议。

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Because whenever we say,"Asia Minor," we're talking about that section around the Mediterranean that now is called Turkey. But it was called Asia Minor, generally,in the Roman Imperial Period.

因为当我们说到“小亚细亚“,指的便是地中海附近,现在那里叫土耳其，但在罗马帝国时代，它通常被称为小亚细亚。

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There were always battles and wars going on, on the boundaries, the frontiers of the Roman Empire, but within the center of the empire there was an amazing period of peace.

战争永远都在进行，在边界，罗马帝国边境，但在帝国中心却是一派和平盛世。

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Portus was a crucial trade gateway linking Rome to the Mediterranean throughout the Roman period.

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Discovered in Keswick, near Norwich, the disc "is an unusual find for the Roman period", said a Norwich Castle Museum spokesman.

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The Staffordshire Hoard, for example, tells us about the turbulent post-Roman period.

BBC: Richard III: Greatest archaeological discovery of all?