So, when you see the word Colonia in late Roman history, it's talking about something very, very different from what we're talking about.

当你在罗马史中看到Colonia这个词的时候,这与我们所说的,是两个完全不同的概念

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Colony is a Latin word ultimately for colonia and the Roman colonies were, first of all,garrisons that they planted in land they had conquered to keep the people quiet.

殖民地是拉丁词Colony的衍生,对于古罗马的殖民地来说,首先,派兵驻守占领的城市,震慑当地民众

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