This will change in Rome, because in Rome women were citizens also, although that didn't mean they were equal to men.

这点到了罗马时期发生了改变，因为在罗马女子也是公民了，虽然她们地位无法等同于男子。

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It wasn't nearly as big as Rome, which would consist of a million inhabitants fairly quickly around this time.

而且也没有罗马那么大，罗马当时能快速聚集百万居民。

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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。

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