Although Octavian triumphed over the pair, the love of silk continued in Rome.

虽然屋大维战胜了这对，罗马对于丝绸的热爱仍在继续。

An outraged Octavian personally declared war against Cleopatra — and all of Egypt.

愤怒的屋大维亲自向克利奥帕特拉和整个埃及宣战。

Their names were Octavian (who was Caesar's nephew) , Mark Antony and Marcus Lepidas.

他们分别是屋大维（凯撒的侄子）、马克·安东尼和马库斯·莱帕达斯。

Known at that point as Octavian, he quickly outshone all his peers in the scramble for absolute power.

当时他还叫屋大维，在争绝对统治权的斗争中，他迅速战胜了所有对手。

In 40 BCE, he had to return to Rome because his wife, Fulva, was leading a rebellion against Octavian.

公元前 40 年，他不得不回到罗马，因为他的妻子富尔瓦领导了一场反对屋大维的叛乱。

Mark Antony and Octavian then divided power.

马克安东尼和屋大维随后分权。

Octavius returned home to his people empty-handed.

屋大维空手回到他的边。

Mark Antony faced off against Gaius Octavius, who  was Caesar's adopted son and presumptive heir.

马克·安东尼与盖乌斯·屋大维对峙，盖乌斯·屋大维是凯撒的养子和推定继承。

Octavian and Antony fought it out.

屋大维和安东尼决一死战。

And it was Octavius who destroyed this tradition.

正是屋大维破坏了这一传统。

The defendant today is Gaius Octavius?

今天的被告是盖乌斯·屋大维？

But over in Rome, Octavian was stirring up trouble.

在罗马，屋大维正在挑起事端。

To do that he married Octavian’s half-sister Octavia.

为此，他娶了屋大维同父异母的妹妹奥克塔维亚。

Typically of Octavian he used this as propaganda against Anthony who dropped his dutiful matron Roman wife Octavia for an ancient Egyptian floozy.

屋大维利用这一点来宣传反对安东尼，指责安东尼抛弃罗马的糟糠之妻奥克塔维亚而去追求一个古埃及的荡。

So Octavius destroyed Antony for trying to become a king and then became one himself?

所以屋大维摧毁了想成为国王的安东尼，然后自己成为了国王？

Gaius Octavius, born in 63 BCE, was the grand-nephew of Julius Caesar.

盖乌斯·屋大维 (Gaius Octavius) 生于公元前 63 年，是尤利乌斯·凯撒 (Julius Caesar) 的侄孙。

Octavi uses this expression seriously, but when a native English speaker hears this, they would laugh somewhat.

屋大维很认真地使用了这个表达方式，是当一个以英语为母语的听到这个时，他们会有些笑。

This insulted Octavian, who began to work openly to turn all of Rome against Antony and Cleopatra.

这侮辱了屋大维，他开始公开致力于让整个罗马反对安东尼和克利奥帕特拉。

Some claim she started a war with his arch enemy Octavian which came to be known as the Perusine War.

有声称她与他的宿敌屋大维开始了一场战争，这场战争后来被称为秘鲁战争。

Cleopatra and Mark Antony returned to Egypt with Octavian's forces at their heels.

克利奥帕特拉和马克·安东尼返回埃及，屋大维的军队紧随其后。