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A gladiator was like a rock star, they had fans.
角斗士就像摇滚巨星 他们有自己的追随者
You can even see in their graffiti,
这在他们的涂鸦中便有体现
love notes from women to their favorite gladiators.
里面有女人给他们心爱的角斗士的情话
A top gladiator can earn the equivalent of $200,000 a fight.
最高级别的角斗士一场比赛 可以得到相当于二十万美元的报酬
But most die before they turn 23.
但大部分角斗士活不过二十三岁
Rome is at the height of its power.
此时的罗马正处于鼎盛时期
Its empire dominates Europe,
整个帝国统治着欧洲
North Africa and the Middle East.
北非和中东
A fifth of mankind is under Roman rule.
罗马统治着全球五分之一的人口
But unknown to the Romans, on the other side of the world,
然而罗马人并不知道 在世界另一端
There is another empire just as big and powerful.
有一个像罗马一样庞大和强大的帝国
166 A.D.Roman merchants, their names lost to history,
公元166年 罗马商人们来到了离家五千英里外的地方
5,000 miles from home.
如今 他们的名字已湮没在历史长河中
For two years they have crossed oceans, mountains and deserts,Heading beyond India
两年来 他们远渡重洋 翻山越岭 勇闯沙漠 一路朝着印度前进
To a land they've heard of only in whispers.
这片他们只曾耳闻未曾目睹过的土地
"Somewhere out there, on the outer fringe of the world,"
在那之外 在这世界的外边缘
"Where the sea ends,""There is a very great inland state."China.
在大海的尽头 "有一个伟大的内陆国家" 那就是中国
