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Rome the Eternal City. Today, it' s a place dominated by Christianity. Its churches rule the skyline. Its faithful pack the streets. Every year, thousands upon thousands of pilgrims from across the world flock here to worship in the place that is truly the beating heart of the Catholic faith. For many, Rome' s status as a holy city begins with Christianity. But in fact, its origin as a sacred site owes everything to its preChristian past. It was exotic pagan deities who were first credited with transforming a hillside village to the capital of the most powerful empire the world has ever known. These were the gods of thunder, love, war and wisdom, who dominated the city for a thousand years and held its fortune in their hands. |
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luó mǎ yǒng héng zhī chéng. rú jīn zhè zuò chéng shì bèi jī dū jiào suǒ zhǔ dǎo. fàng yǎn wàng qù, yī zuò zuò tiān zhǔ jiào táng gōu lè chū luó mǎ de lún kuò xiàn, dà jiē xiǎo xiàng jǐ mǎn le qián chéng de xìn tú. měi nián yǒu chéng qiān shàng wàn de jiào tú cóng shì jiè gè dì yǒng xiàng luó mǎ, zài zhè gè bèi chēng zuò tiān zhǔ jiào xīn zàng de dì fāng cháo bài. hěn duō rén rèn wéi luó mǎ yīn jī dū jiào ér dé míng shèng chéng. qí shí bù rán, zhè lǐ zhī suǒ yǐ yǒu shèng chéng zhī míng, wán quán dé yì yú qián jī dū jiào shí qī de lì shǐ. luó mǎ cóng yī zuò shān jiān xiāng cūn fā zhǎn chéng shì shàng zuì qiáng dà dì guó de shǒu dū, shǒu xiān shì yīn wèi yì jiào shén. zhè jǐ wèi jiù shì léi shén ài shén zhàn shén hé zhì huì nǚ shén, tā men tǒng zhì le luó mǎ 1000 nián, bìng zhǎng wò zhe tā de mìng yùn. |