When a slave is freed--and in the Ancient World, in the Roman Empire, most slaves were eventually freed, - unless they just died before long-- they became a freed man.

当一名奴隶被释放。。。在古罗马帝国，几乎所有奴隶最终都会被释放，除非他们很早就去世-,成为脱离奴隶身份的人。

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However, when you keep going south in Italy, past Rome, Roman tradition says the city was founded in 754 or 753? 753.

然而,当你在意大利继续南下,越过古罗马城,罗马人一直认为罗马城,建于公元前754或753,应是753年

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

I have to believe that whoever came up with that theory for the first time was aided in coming to it by thinking about the end of the Roman Empire, when something precisely like that did happen.

我想任何人第一次接触该理论,都会自动联想到罗马帝国的衰亡,进而支持该理论,因为类似的事情确实曾经发生过

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

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

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选