It would be wrong to suggest that Rome was somehow a junior partner in Greco-Roman civilization.

认为罗马是希腊-罗马文明的晚辈这种观念是错误的。

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Modern attitudes to Roman civilization range from the infinitely impressed to the thoroughly disgusted.

现代人对罗马文明的态度，从印象极其深刻到彻底厌恶都有。

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The uniqueness of Roman civilization lies in here.

罗马文明的独特贡献正在于此。

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Staring an advanced civilization straight in the face, the Roman dismissed it as either barbarism or decadence.

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When Camus celebrates a neighboring civilization, it is not Arab or Berber but Roman: the ruins at Tipasa, near Algiers, where the noces of the title nuptials are between nature and carefree youngsters.

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