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And when, in the year 410, Alaric the Goth sacked Rome and the last two legions departed to prop up the tottering empire, that chill developed into an acute anxiety attack. This was one of the genuinely fateful moments in British history, the legions departed. No, it was not like Hong Kong in 1997, no, there were no flags flying or pipers piping. The Governor was not driving around his courtyard seven times pledging to return. Now, doubtless, many of the RomanoBritish did hope and expect to see the eagles back someday. The tax collectors, and the magistrates, and the town councillors, and the poets, and the potters, and the musicians and the newlyChristian priests all said to themselves, " Well, this couldn' t go on forever. We couldn' t always look to Mother Rome and Mother Rome is halfinfested with barbarians anyway. We can handle this. We' ve got the Saxon shore forts. We can hire barbarians to deal with the other barbarians. We can handle this. We can handle this. |
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gōng yuán 410 nián, gē tè rén ā lā lǐ kè xī gē tè guó wáng xǐ jié le luó mǎ. zuì hòu liǎng gè zhù shǒu de luó mǎ jūn tuán, yě chè huí bǎo wèi yáo yáo yù zhuì de dì guó. huáng kǒng bù duàn shēng jí, chéng nèi fēng shēng hè lì. zhè shì bù liè diān shǐ shàng zhēn zhèng jué dìng xìng de shí kè, luó mǎ jūn tuán tuì sàn, zhè bìng fēi 1997 nián de xiāng gǎng huí guī, méi yǒu gēng dié de guó qí, yì wú zòu yuè shēng piāo yáng, yě wú zǒng dū kāi chē xún shì qī cì xuān shì chè chū zhí mín. wú yí, hěn duō luó mǎ bù liè diān rén qī xǔ zhe luó mǎ yǒu zhāo yī rì dōng shān zài qǐ. shuì wù guān, dì fāng fǎ guān, yì yuán, shī rén, táo yì jiā, yīn yuè jiā yǐ jí xīn xīng de jī dū jiào mù shī, dōu zì wǒ ān wèi dào, zhè zhǒng jú miàn huì jié shù de. wǒ men bù néng zǒng qiú zhù yú mǔ guó luó mǎ, gèng hé kuàng tā zhèng shēn xiàn yǔ mán zú áo zhàn de ní zhǎo zhōng. wǒ men kě yǐ zì jiù, wǒ men yǒu sā kè xùn yán àn bǎo lěi, wǒ men néng gù yōng mán zú lái duì fù mán zú de rù qīn. wǒ men kě yǐ zì jiù. kěn dìng kě yǐ zì jiù. |