他笑时，体面的元老院议员爆发大笑。

When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter.

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贵族派，是指精英“,主张保护元老院议员的利益,以及少数富裕家庭。

The optimates, meaning "the best," tended to support the interests of the wealthy senators and the few wealthiest families.

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这促使他监禁并处决了他的大臣元老院议员鲍依修斯。鲍依修斯的著作，《哲学的慰藉》即是他在狱中时写成的。

This led him to imprison and execute his minister, the senator Boethius, whose Consolations of Philosophy was written while he was in prison.

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The optimates, meaning "the best," tended to support the interests of the wealthy senators and the few wealthiest families.

贵族派，是指精英“,主张保护元老院议员的利益,以及少数富裕家庭。

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In other words, in his propaganda, Augustus basically said, "I'm not a king, I'm just another senator, and I'm giving the Senate and the people all their power back."

换句话说，在奥古斯都的宣传中，他声称“我不是国王，我只是普通元老院议员，我将权力交还元老院及人民手中“

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