The Jews were not considered Greeks, but at least they were higher in status in Alexandrian law than local Egyptians.

犹太人不是希腊人，但在法律规定却比当地埃及人地位高。

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But so Roman legal system was really geared toward the wealthy and the people of high status.

所以罗马的法律体系,是偏袒社会地位高的有钱人的。

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The Greeks, however, combined a unique sense of mankind's high place in the natural order.

然而,希腊人,将人放在自然法则中的,至高地位,他们结合这一独特观念

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So you'd have a patron who would be higher class, richer, more powerful, have some political power, and you would be loyal to your patron, and your patron would then represent you in court, try to get you jobs, try to get you more business, do all the kinds of things that patrons do for their clients.

要找个比你社会地位高，比你有钱有权，有一定政治影响力的庇护人，你也要忠诚于他，庇护人会在法庭上代表你，帮你找工作，帮你介绍生意，各种庇护人为被庇护人做的事。

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