他们很可能是被这个城市的其中一个精英雇佣的，也许是一位罗马官员想要庞培式的内部装饰，好让他怀念家乡。

They were likely hired by one of the city's elite, perhaps a Roman official wanted Pompeii-like interior to remind him of home.

youdao

一些学者认为，集中在这些地点的城市核心区的水资源为玛雅精英提供了一个集中的政治权力来源，而这些权力主要是基于对水资源的控制。

Some scholars argue that the concentration of water within the urban core of these sites provided a centralized source of political authority for Maya elites based largely on controlled water access.

youdao

特奥蒂瓦坎的自然资源，以及城市精英们对这些自然资源潜力的认识，似乎赋予了这座城市相对于邻国的竞争优势。

It seems likely that Teotihuacán's natural resources, along with the city elite's ability to recognize their potential, gave the city a competitive edge over its neighbors.

youdao

But if you were going to be elite-- he wanted to establish cities throughout his empire that would be actually Greek cities, and he wanted to have the elite people all be able, at least, to speak Greek.

但是如果要成为精英阶层-,他要求帝国里的所有城市,都建为希腊式城市，要求所有精英阶层至少能够，说希腊语。

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