史上最伟大的十大帝国

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Roman Empire
罗马帝国
At firstthey were ruled by divine kings, then they became a republic (perhaps theirgreatest period) before finally becoming an empire. How a group of farmers, whostarted off fending wolves to protect their livestock, eventually became thegreatest empire in all history is the stuff of legends. Coupled with anexcellent military and administrative system, the Roman Empire, or ratherancient Rome, is also one of the longest-lasting. Counting from its founding tothe fall of the Byzantine empire, ancient Rome lasted for a whopping 2,214years! Ancient Rome contributed greatly to the development of law, war, art,literature, architecture, technology, religion and language in the Westernworld. In fact many historians consider the Roman Empire to be a perfect empire– influential, fair, long-lasting, big, well defended and economicallyadvanced. The influence of the Roman Empire is felt to this day, if for noother reason than the influence on the Catholic Church, which took much of itsadministrative nous and pageantry from it.
罗马帝国一开始由神职国王统治，随后专为共和政体（这段时间或许是他们最伟大的时期），最后变为帝国。罗马帝国的创始者本事一群农民，他们与群狼斗争以保护自己的家畜，最后竟一步步建立了史上最伟大的帝国，堪称是一段传奇。罗马帝国（古罗马）在军事和政治系统上皆有国人的成就，也是延续时间最长的帝国之一。从其建立到拜占庭帝国没忘，古罗马共延续了整整2214年哩！古罗马对西方世界贡献极大，包括法律、战争、艺术、文学、建筑、科技、宗教和语言诸多方面。实际上，许多历史学家认为罗马帝国堪称是一个完美的帝国——影响深远、社会公平、寿命长久、土地广阔、军力强大、经济优越。罗马帝国的影响甚至还延续到了现代，因为就连天主教会都收到了罗马的影响，其行政精神和华丽壮观的表现方式就是从罗马帝国这里学习来的。