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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It's a powerful psychological, you might say, illusion-- people think they want money when, in fact, they should want real goods and services.

你可能会说，这是一种，强烈的心理错觉-,人们认为他们需要货币时，实际上，他们想要的是实物以及服务。

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