The psychological controls were built on fear and punishment—on the absolute certainty that anyone or anything that threatened the authority of Rome would be utterly destroyed.

心理控制建立在恐惧和惩罚的基础之上——任何对罗马统治权威造成威胁的人或者事物都将被彻底摧毁，这是绝对肯定的。

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In a conference call Monday evening between CIA officials and the nation's governors, officials said the intelligence community believes there is a near certainty of attacks that would involve mass casualties with maximum economic, psychological and symbolic impact.

CNN: Terror alert level raised to 'orange'