罗马和平

可能最为重要的是，超级强国能够维持和平；罗马和平（paxromana）史无先例地为西方带来了200年的相对稳定、繁荣和秩序，没有罗马霸权，这都是不可能的。

Perhaps most important , hyperpowers are capable of maintaining peace ; the Pax Romana gave the West an unprecedented two centuries of relative stability , prosperity , and order that would have been impossible but for Rome 's hegemony .

你生活在罗马和平时期，生意做得不错，你还能到处旅行。

You 've got a good business , the Pax Romana , the Roman peace , actually allows you to travel .

如果你是个商人，日子过得还不错，你可能会觉得罗马和平时期挺好的。

So if you 're a businessman , and you 're fairly well off , you might think that the Roman peace is a pretty good thing .

如果你在罗马和平时期过于安逸，你就会被这本书弄得心神不宁，从而站到正义的一边。

But if you 're too comfortable with the Pax Romana you 're supposed to be mad uncomfortable by the text and get on the right side .

所以罗马和平对精英阶层听着很美好，但如果你不是精英阶层，就会觉得更像是压迫。

So the Pax Romana may have sounded great , if you were an elite , but if you were not in the elite , it may have seemed more oppressive than anything .

成年上万的人在罗马市中心和平游行几分钟后，一些头戴面具的抗议者们就抢劫了一家超市，践踏了一所教堂，烧毁了车辆，在一大教堂附近的广场上同警察产生冲突。

Minutes after the start of a peaceful march by several tens of thousands through the centre of Rome , masked protesters looted a supermarket , defiled a church , set cars alight and battled police in a square near a cathedral .