It was the largest and most powerful group in the west.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

They did this because they didn't want the upper-class in Rome, who were the elite, they didn't want any one household, or any small group of households, to become too powerful.

因为他们不想罗马的上层阶级，即精英阶层，一户独大。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

They did this because they didn't want the upper-class in Rome, who were the elite, they didn't want any one household, or any small group of households, to become too powerful.

因为他们不想罗马的上层阶级，即精英阶层，一户独大。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选