The solution lay in three key architectural innovations that formed the secret of Rome's great monuments. The most important, is the arch. The arch is an almost perfect design for bearing heavy loads. And that design is so simple. A series of wedge -

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bacchanal, ['bkənəl] n (行为放纵的)狂欢会,酒神节=orgy 【源】Bacchus是古罗马的酒神巴克斯;Neptune是古罗马海神尼普顿。Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune [谚]酒神淹死的人比海神多=美酒为害

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Archeologists are hoping to attract tourists to one of the jewels of the Roman Empire. Viminacium was the most important city in the Roman province of Upper Moesia. The city was located in what is today, Serbia. It's believed the Romans first conque

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Not on your life! 绝对不会 英文释义 An expression meaning absolutely not! (NOTE: an extreme and forceful way to reply negatively) 例句 When a few younger partners suggested that the stubborn old founder of the company might want to retire s

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September是九月 为什么Septwolves是七匹狼 而不是九匹狼? October是十月 为什么Octopus是八爪鱼(章鱼) 而不是十爪鱼? December是十二月 为什么decade是十年 而不是十二年? 这是因为,在古罗马历中,一年

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Israeli archeologists have discovered a rare, well-preserved, 1800-year-old figurine in Jerusalem. Dating from the time of the Roman Empire, the two-inch marble bust depicts the head of a man with a short curly beard .Archeologists believe it was use

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Archeologists in Italy have unearthed a sprawling country villa they believe to be the birthplace of Vespasian, the Roman emperor who ordered the beginning of the Colosseums construction during his reign. The 2000-year-old ruins were found about 80 m

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Archeologists are hoping to attract tourists to one of the jewels of the Roman Empire. Viminacium was the most important city in the Roman province of Upper Moesia. The city was located in what is today, Serbia. It's believed the Romans first conquer

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If you have always found history boring, you are going to enjoy this chapter. 如果历史一直让你感到无聊的话,那么你将感到这章很有意思。 At about the same time as Hannibal was in Italy, that is, shortly after 220 BC, an empe

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Unlike the gentle Indians they didn't willingly submit. 不同于温和的印度人,他们不愿意屈服。 On more than one occasion they threatened to leave the city unless they were treated better and given a share of the fields and pastures wh

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These were the patricians the word means something like 'city fathers' although in those days they weren't citizens as we know them, 这些人是patricians(贵族)这个词的意思大致相当于市议员但是你不可以把这个时代的市议员

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主演:柯克道格拉斯劳伦斯奥利维尔琼西蒙斯查尔斯劳顿彼得乌斯蒂诺夫约翰加文尼娜弗彻约翰爱尔兰赫伯特洛姆约翰达尔查尔斯麦格劳乔安娜巴恩斯Harold Stone伍迪斯特罗德Peter BroccoPaul Lambe

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主演:柯克道格拉斯劳伦斯奥利维尔琼西蒙斯查尔斯劳顿彼得乌斯蒂诺夫约翰加文尼娜弗彻约翰爱尔兰赫伯特洛姆约翰达尔查尔斯麦格劳乔安娜巴恩斯Harold Stone伍迪斯特罗德Peter BroccoPaul Lambe

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献给太阳、月亮的日子英文各个月份的名字都是沿袭古罗马的拉丁文叫法,不过Monday(星期一)到Sunday(星期天)这七天的名字,反映的却是英国盎格鲁撒克逊民族(the Anglo-Saxons)自己的文化了。现在

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Many years ago, there was an Emperor, who was so excessively fond of new clothes, that he spent all his money in dress. He did not trouble himself in the least about his soldiers; nor did he care to go either to the theatre or the chase, except for t

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The great amphitheater in Rome known as theColosseum held up to 50,000 spectators few of our modern stadiums hold more. 罗马的大剧场叫罗马大斗兽场,它可容纳约5万名观众,即便是一座现代化的大城市的一座大体育场也

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It was never easy to give the correct answer. 给出正确的答案真是挺困难的。 When the Emperor happened to be a man of energy and was sufficiently well provided with money to organise an army, 有时皇帝碰巧是位精力充沛的政治强

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