认为罗马是希腊-罗马文明的晚辈这种观念是错误的。
It would be wrong to suggest that Rome was somehow a junior partner in Greco-Roman civilization.
他引用了希腊和罗马的神话故事来解释。
He introduced Greek and Roman mythology as a way of explaining.
罗马欠希腊一个巨大的“恩情”。
希腊文明有质量；罗马文明只有数量。
老人回答说：“罗马人和希腊人把她称为树仙，但我们不明白。”
"The Greeks and Romans," said the old man, "called her a Dryad; but that we do not understand."
对许多人来说，罗马充其量只是希腊的模仿者和延续者，不过是规模更大而已。
For many, Rome is at best the imitator and the continuator of Greece on a larger scale.
希腊世界的关键是其强大的船队，而罗马帝国的关键则是它的步兵团。
The key to the Greek world lay in its high-powered ships; the key to Roman power lay in its marching legions.
希腊人热爱海洋；罗马人热爱陆地。
当希腊世界沿着地中海航线扩张时，罗马世界是通过征服领土而建立起来的。
While the Greek world had expanded along the Mediterranean seas lanes, the Roman world was assembled by territorial conquest.
他们认为古希腊和古罗马是至关重要的知识来源。
They believed ancient Greece and Rome were vital sources of learning.
西班牙有可爱的白色小镇和橘子的香味，但它也是古代遗迹的宝库，包括希腊人、罗马人和阿拉伯人留下的城市。
Spain has lovely white towns and the scent of oranges, but it is also a treasury of ancient remains including the cities left by the Greeks, Romans and Arabs.
那时，所有受过教育的罗马人都要会说希腊语。
By this time, all educated Roman men were expected to be able to speak Greek.
计时法最初由希腊人采用，后来由罗马人在欧洲传播，至今已使用了2500多年。
Temporal hours, which were first adopted by the Greeks and then the Romans, who disseminated them through Europe, remained in use for more than 2,500 years.
然而，这种情况也有其黑暗的一面：尽管我们取得了进步，世界上仍有一半的人口在受苦，供水服务还不如古希腊和古罗马人。
Yet there is a dark side to this picture: despite our progress, half of the world's population still suffers, with water services inferior to those available to the ancient Greeks and Romans.
毋庸置疑的是，一个受过教育的罗马人必须会讲流利的希腊语。
It was absolutely accepted that an educated Roman should be fluent in Greek.
帕尼尼的古罗马和现代罗马代表了最珍贵的景观，这包括著名的希腊罗马雕像以及著名的遗址、喷泉和教堂的景色。
Panini's Ancient Rome and Modern Rome represent the sights most prized, including celebrated Greco-Roman statues and views of famous ruins, fountains, and churches.
与在古希腊和古罗马不同，中国人可以从菜单上选择食物。
Unlike in ancient Greece and Rome, people in China could choose food from a menu.
罗马人采纳了希腊的宗教和道德哲学。
有一样东西罗马人比希腊人做得更极致，即庇护关系。
One thing the Romans did better than the Greeks was patron-client structure.
基本上，这一传统的观点（一种盛行了250多年的观点）认为罗马人模仿希腊雕塑是因为他们无法创造自己的雕塑。
Essentially, the traditional view, a view that's been prevalent for over 250 years, is that the Romans copied Greek sculptures because they couldn't create sculpture of their own.
现在，实际上一些罗马雕塑是原创的，但其他的是希腊雕像的复制品，一些罗马雕塑是某种形式的组合。
Now, actually some Roman sculptures were original but others were exact copies of Greek statues and some Roman sculptures were combinations of some sort.
可以说，罗马人对希腊艺术和文化印象深刻，于是他们开始模仿（制作）希腊雕像。
It's probably fair to say that the Romans were impressed be Greek art and culture and they began making copies of the Greek statues.
东方在希腊文化中也有更根深蒂固的统一，罗马从早期希腊帝国继承了许多希腊和近东城市。
The East also had a more deeply rooted unity in the Greek culture of the numerous Greek and Near Eastern cities that Rome had inherited from earlier Grecian empires.
它曾在古代中国、罗马、埃及和希腊使用。
学者们已经从古希腊和古罗马的雕像中看到了这种想法的实施。
Scholars have seen this idea in practice with ancient Greek and Roman statues.
在这里提供的传统美食受是到希腊、罗马、阿拉伯、挪威和其他欧洲国家文化影响的证据；然而，阿拉伯菜系的影响是最大的。
The simply prepared dishes traditionally served here are evidence of occupation by Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Normans and other European cultures, however, the Arabian influence seems to be the strongest.
当时的生活和技术与古时候的希腊罗马没有多少不同。
Life and technology was not very different from the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
当时的生活和技术与古时候的希腊罗马没有多少不同。
Life and technology was not very different from the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
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