The Roman Senate fascinated Mr Byrd almost as much as the American.

伯德对罗马元老院的着迷不亚于美国参议院。

When it declined, the Republic fell.

随着元老院的衰退，罗马共和国也灭。

" The beating heart of Rome is not the marble of the senate, it's the sand of the coliseum."

“罗马跳动的心脏不是元老院的大理石，而是竞技场的沙子。”

While the Senate's opinions never officially held the force of law, the magistrates regarded them as binding anyway.

尽管元老院的意见从来没有被官方认可为有法律效力，行政官认为元老会有约束力。

An open letter to the Roman Senate.

一封致罗马元老院的公开信。

Notwithstanding the abhorence Nekhludoff felt for Maslova, he thought it proper to express his regret at the Senate's action.

尽管聂赫留朵夫对玛丝洛娃深恶痛绝，但他认为还是应该对元老院的行为示遗憾。

Pompey started to drift towards the Optimates in  the senate, who were useful allies against Caesar.

庞培开始倾向于元老院中的优胜者，他们是反对凯撒的有用盟友。

Marius had become a law unto himself, and  many in the Senate felt the need to stop him.

马吕斯已经成为他自己的法律，元老院中的许多人觉得有必要阻止他。

Your senate was chosen from among the Patrician class.

你的元老院是从贵族阶层中选出的。

He would show great clemency to many members  of the senate who had fought against him.

他会对许多反对他的元老院成员现出极大的宽大处理。

The episode may also strengthen the resolve of the mainly English- and German-speaking cardinals who want a vigorous pope to clean up the Curia.

这可能也坚定主要来自英语和德语国家的枢机主教们想要一强硬的教皇以清理元老院的决心。

While the members of the Senate's aristocratic faction, or optimates, seethed, the minions of the so-called First Triumvirate maintained their stranglehold on Roman politics.

公关行为，尽管元老院的贵族派系成员，也就是各元老怒不可遏，所谓的前三头同盟的成员还是一直控制着罗马的政治。

No Roman was greater than the Roman state, and the Gracchi had learned the hard way not to stick one's neck out against the Senate.

现在的罗马比罗马城邦更强大，格拉古兄弟也知道招惹元老院的残酷代价。

The only drawback to being a member of the noble or senatorial class was that senators were expected to be above having business interests.

作为贵族或者元老院阶级的一员的唯一缺点是元老不应有商业利益。

Pirate attacks on grain ships, which were essential to Roman citizens, led to angry voices in the Senate, demanding punishment of the culprits.

海盗袭击对罗马公民来说是必不可少的粮船，这导致元老院发出愤怒的声音，要求惩罚罪犯。

Augustus worked to restore the Senate’s prestige, improved food security for the lower classes, and relinquished control of the army when he resigned his consul post.

奥古斯都努力恢复元老院的威望，改善下层阶级的粮食安全，并在辞去领事职务时放弃对军队的控制。

All this bustle about a fallen girl, and the presence there in the Senate of her famous counsel and Nekhludoff himself, was to him simply disgusting.

所有这些关于一堕落的女孩的喧嚣，以及她著名的律师和聂赫留朵夫本人出现在元老院的场面，在他看来简直令人作呕。

This was especially so after the Roman Senate found out about his will, in which he declared his intention to be buried in Egypt beside Cleopatra.

尤其是在罗马元老院发现他的遗嘱之后，他在遗嘱中宣布他打算葬在埃及的克利奥帕特拉身边。

By around 50 BC, these leaders had become so powerful that they no longer listened to the commands of consuls and ignored the recommendations of the Senate.

到公元前 50 年左右，这些领导人变得如此强大，以至于他们不再听从执政官的命令，无视元老院的建议。

On the other side were the Senatorial optimates, allied with the assassins of Caesar or the so-called republicans, led by the silver-tongued old statesman Cicero.

另一方是元老院元老和凯撒的刺杀者组成的联盟。凯撒刺杀者就是所谓的共和制拥护者，这一派由雄辩的资深政治家西塞罗领导。