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As a small boy, Alfred' s father King Aethelwulf sent him on a special mission to Rome, to see Pope Leo IV, probably to ask the Pope' s help in the struggle against the Vikings. In a ceremony, the Pope dressed the little fellow in the imperial purple of a Roman consul and wound a sword belt around his waist, turning little Alfred into a true Roman Christian warrior. On the second trip, Alfred spent a whole year in the Eternal City, along with his father, walking the ruins of the empire and the sacred sites. It was surely this experience which made him what he was, a philosopher prince, and someone who in more than a literal sense, translated the works of Roman wisdom for AngloSaxon consumption. |
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ā ěr fú léi dé xiǎo shí hòu, tā de fù qīn āi tè ěr wǔ ěr fū guó wáng, jiāo fù tā yī xiàng tè shū rèn wù, qù luó mǎ bài jiàn jiào huáng shèng liáng sì shì. dà gài shì zài yǔ wéi jīng hǎi dào de áo zhàn zhōng, qǐng qiú jiào huáng de zhī yuán. yī cì diǎn lǐ shàng, jiào huáng ràng zhè xiǎo huǒ zi chuān shang le luó mǎ zhí zhèng guān suǒ chuān de zǐ páo, bìng zhā shàng pèi jiàn yāo dài, ràng xiǎo ā ěr fú léi dé chéng wéi le yī míng zhēn zhèng de jī dū jiào luó mǎ zhàn shì. dì èr cì luó mǎ zhī lǚ, ā ěr fú léi dé yǔ fù qīn yì qǐ zài zhè bù xiǔ zhī chéng, dòu liú le yī zhěng nián, tà fǎng luó mǎ dì guó yǔ zōng jiào shèng dì de yí jī. wú yí shì zhè yī jīng lì, chéng jiù le qí rì hòu de měi míng, yī wèi chóng shàng zhī shí de wáng zǐ. bìng háo bù kuā zhāng dì shuō, shì tā jiāng luó mǎ zhì huì de jié jīng fān yì lái, wèi àng gé lǔ sā kè xùn rén suǒ yòng. |