History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 — Page 7
This extent and harmony of design is unquestionably that which distinguishes the work of Gibbon from all other great historical compositions.
이러한 설계의 범위와 조화는 의심할 여지 없이 기번의 작품을 다른 모든 위대한 역사적 저술들과 구별 짓는 것이다.
He has first bridged the abyss between ancient and modern times, and connected together the two great worlds of history.
그는 고대와 근대 사이의 심연을 최초로 이어 역사의 두 위대한 세계를 하나로 연결하였다.
The great advantage which the classical historians possess over those of modern times is in unity of plan, of course greatly facilitated by the narrower sphere to which their researches were confined.
고전 역사가들이 근대 역사가들에 비해 갖는 큰 장점은 계획의 통일성에 있으며, 이는 물론 그들의 연구가 한정된 더 좁은 범위에 의해 크게 용이해진 것이다.
Except Herodotus, the great historians of Greece—we exclude the more modern compilers, like Diodorus Siculus—limited themselves to a single period, or at 'east to the contracted sphere of Grecian affairs.
헤로도토스를 제외하고, 그리스의 위대한 역사가들—우리는 디오도로스 시쿨루스와 같은 보다 근대적인 편찬자들을 제외한다—은 단일한 시기에, 혹은 적어도 그리스 사무의 축소된 영역에 스스로를 한정하였다.
As far as the Barbarians trespassed within the Grecian boundary, or were necessarily mingled up with Grecian politics, they were admitted into the pale of Grecian history; but to Thucydides and to Xenophon, excepting in the Persian inroad of the latter, Greece was the world.
야만인들이 그리스의 경계 안으로 침입하거나 그리스 정치와 필연적으로 뒤섞이는 한에서, 그들은 그리스 역사의 범위 안에 받아들여졌다. 그러나 투키디데스와 크세노폰에게 있어서는, 후자의 페르시아 침공을 제외하면, 그리스가 곧 세계였다.
Natural unity confined their narrative almost to chronological order, the episodes were of rare occurrence and extremely brief.
자연적인 통일성은 그들의 서술을 거의 연대기적 순서에 한정시켰으며, 삽화들은 드물게 발생하였고 극히 간결하였다.
To the Roman historians the course was equally clear and defined.
로마 역사가들에게도 그 방향은 마찬가지로 명확하고 분명하였다.
Rome was their centre of unity; and the uniformity with which the circle of the Roman dominion spread around, the regularity with which their civil polity expanded, forced, as it were, upon the Roman historian that plan which Polybius announces as the subject of his history, the means and the manner by which the whole world became subject to the Roman sway.
로마는 그들의 통일의 중심이었다. 로마 지배의 원이 주위로 펼쳐진 균일함과, 그들의 시민 정체가 확장된 규칙성은, 말하자면 로마 역사가에게 폴리비오스가 자신의 역사의 주제로 선언한 그 계획, 즉 전 세계가 로마의 지배에 복속하게 된 수단과 방식을 강요하였다.
How different the complicated politics of the European kingdoms!
유럽 왕국들의 복잡한 정치는 얼마나 달랐던가!
Vocabulary
- 이러한
- ireuhan — Such, this kind of; referring to previously mentioned things
- 설계의
- seolgyeui — Of design or planning; relating to a scheme
- 범위와
- beomwuiwa — Scope and; range combined with something else
- 조화는
- johwaneun — Harmony is; the balance or accord (topic marker)
- 의심할
- uisimhal — To doubt; questionable, able to be doubted
- 여지
- yeoji — Room, margin, or leeway for something
- 없이
- eopsi — Without; in the absence of something
- 작품을
- jakpumeul — Work or piece; literary or artistic creation (object marker)
- 다른
- dareun — Other, different; not the same as this
- 모든
- modeun — All, every; referring to the entire set
- 위대한
- widaehan — Great, grand; of remarkable importance or stature
- 역사적
- yeoksajeok — Historical; relating to or characteristic of history
- 저술들과
- jeosuldeulgwa — Writings and; scholarly works combined with others
- 구별
- gubyeol — Distinction, differentiation; telling apart from others
- 짓는
- jinneun — Making, forming; creating or building something
- 것이다
- geosida — It is the thing that; declarative sentence-ending form
- 그는
- geuneun — He (topic); referring to a previously mentioned male
- 고대와
- godaewa — Ancient times and; antiquity combined with something
- 근대
- geundae — Modern era; the early modern or modern historical period
- 사이의
- saiui — Between; in the middle or gap of two things
- 심연을
- simyeoneul — Abyss, chasm; a deep gulf or void (object marker)
- 최초로
- choechorо — For the first time; as the earliest occurrence
- 이어
- ieo — Connecting, bridging; linking two things together
- 역사의
- yeoksaui — Of history; belonging to or relating to history
- 두
- du — Two; the number two used before a noun
- 세계를
- segyereul — World (object marker); the world as a whole
- 하나로
- hanarо — Into one; combining into a single unified entity
- 연결하였다
- yeongyeolhayeotda — Connected, linked; joined two things together (past tense)
- 고전
- gojeon — Classic, classical; works or era of established importance
- 역사가들이
- yeoksagadeuri — Historians (subject marker); people who study and write history
- 역사가들에
- yeoksagadeule — To historians; indicating direction or comparison toward historians
- 비해
- bihae — Compared to; in comparison with something else
- 갖는
- gatneun — Having, possessing; holding or owning something (present tense)
- 큰
- keun — Big, large, great; of considerable size or importance
- 장점은
- jangjeomeun — Advantage is; a strong point or merit (topic marker)
- 계획의
- gyehoegui — Of a plan; relating to planning or a scheme
- 통일성에
- tongilseonge — In unity; in the quality of being unified or consistent
- 있으며
- isseuumyeo — Exists and; there is, with continuation to next clause
- 이는
- ineun — This is; referring to something just mentioned (topic marker)
- 물론
- mullon — Of course, naturally; needless to say
- 그들의
- geudeului — Their; possessive form of 'they'
- 연구가
- yeonguga — Research, study; scholarly investigation (subject marker)
- 한정된
- hanjeongdoen — Limited, restricted; confined within certain boundaries
- 더
- deo — More; to a greater degree or extent
- 좁은
- jobeun — Narrow, small; limited in width or scope
- 범위에
- beomwiе — Within scope; in the range or extent of something
- 의해
- uihae — By means of; through the agency of something
- 크게
- keuge — Greatly, largely; to a significant degree
- 용이해진
- yongihaeijn — Became easier; facilitated or made more convenient (past tense)
- 제외하고
- jeoehaго — Excluding, except for; leaving something out
- 역사가들
- yeoksagadeul — Historians; people who research and write about history
- 우리는
- urineun — We (topic marker); referring to the speaker's group
- 같은
- gateun — Same, like; similar to or identical with something
- 보다
- boda — More than; used for comparisons indicating greater degree
- 근대적인
- geundaejeoin — Modern, contemporary; characteristic of the modern period
- 편찬자들을
- pyeonchanjaDeureul — Compilers (object marker); those who compile or edit works
- 제외한다
- jeoeanda — Exclude; to leave out or omit (present tense)
- 은
- eun — Topic marker; particle indicating the sentence's topic
- 단일한
- danilhan — Single, unified; consisting of only one element
- 시기에
- sigіе — In a period; at a specific time or era
- 혹은
- hogeun — Or; presenting an alternative option or possibility
- 적어도
- jeogeodo — At least; not less than a minimum amount
- 사무의
- samuui — Of affairs, matters; relating to official or civil business
- 축소된
- chuksodoen — Reduced, diminished; made smaller in scale or scope
- 영역에
- yeongyeoge — In a domain; within a field, area, or territory
- 스스로를
- seuseureureul — Oneself (object marker); referring reflexively to the subject
- 한정하였다
- hanjeonghayeotda — Limited, restricted; confined or bounded (past tense)
- 야만인들이
- yamanindeuri — Barbarians (subject marker); uncivilized outsiders in historical context
- 경계
- gyeonggye — Boundary, border; the line dividing two areas
- 안으로
- aneurо — Into the inside; moving inward toward the interior
- 침입하거나
- chimiphageona — Invade or; to intrude or encroach upon territory
- 정치와
- jeongchiwa — Politics and; matters of governance combined with something
- 필연적으로
- Inevitably, necessarily; in a way that cannot be avoided
- 뒤섞이는
- dwiseokkineun — Mixing, intermingling; becoming entangled or blended together
- 한에서
- haneseo — As long as, insofar as; within the limits of a condition
- 범위
- beomwi — Scope, range; the extent or boundary of something
- 안에
- ane — Inside, within; in the interior of something
- 받아들여졌다
- badadeullyeojyeotda — Was accepted, included; admitted into a group (past passive)
- 그러나
- geureona — However, but; introducing a contrasting statement
- 있어서는
- isseoseoneun — As for; in the case of, when it comes to
- 후자의
- hujаui — Of the latter; referring to the second of two things
- 침공을
- chimgongeul — Invasion (object marker); a military attack on a territory
- 제외하면
- jeoehаmyeon — If excluding; except when leaving something out
- 곧
- got — Soon; immediately or in a short time
- 세계였다
- segyeyeotda — Was the world; constituted the entire known world (past tense)
- 자연적인
- jayeonjeoin — Natural; occurring by nature without artificial influence
- 통일성은
- tongilseongeun — Unity is; the state of being unified (topic marker)
- 서술을
- seosureul — Narrative (object marker); an account or description of events
- 거의
- geoui — Almost, nearly; very close to but not completely
- 연대기적
- yeondaegijeok — Chronological; arranged in order of time or dates
- 순서에
- sunsеoe — In order; in a sequence or arranged progression
- 한정시켰으며
- hanjeongsikyeosseuumyeo — Restricted and; confined to limits with continuation to next clause
- 삽화들은
- saphwadeureun — Episodes, digressions (topic); illustrative stories or incidents
- 드물게
- deumulge — Rarely, seldom; not occurring very often
- 발생하였고
- balsaenghayeotgo — Occurred and; happened or arose (past tense, continuing)
- 극히
- geuki — Extremely, exceedingly; to the highest possible degree
- 간결하였다
- gangyeolhayeotda — Was concise; brief and clearly expressed (past tense)
- 역사가들에게도
- yeoksagadeulеgedo — To historians also; for historians as well (dative)
- 그
- geu — That, the; a demonstrative or definite article-like word
- 방향은
- banghyangeun — Direction is; the course or orientation (topic marker)
- 마찬가지로
- machanガjiro — Likewise, similarly; in the same way as before
- 명확하고
- myeonghwakаgo — Clear and; unambiguous, evident, continuing to next clause
- 분명하였다
- bunmyeonghayeotda — Was obvious; plain and evident (past tense)
- 통일의
- tongilui — Of unity; relating to unification or consolidation
- 중심이었다
- jungsimiyeotda — Was the center; served as the focal point (past tense)
- 지배의
- jibaеui — Of domination; relating to rule or control over others
- 원이
- woni — Circle (subject marker); a round boundary or domain
- 주위로
- juwiro — Around, outward; spreading to the surrounding area
- 펼쳐진
- pyeolchyeojin — Spread out, extended; expanded over a wide area
- 균일함과
- gyunilhamgwa — Uniformity and; the quality of being consistent combined with
- 시민
- simin — Citizen; a member of a state or civic community
- 정체가
- jeongchega — Polity, political system (subject); form of government or constitution
- 확장된
- hwakjangdoen — Expanded; increased in size, scope, or territory
- 규칙성은
- gyuchikseонgeun — Regularity is; the quality of being orderly (topic marker)
- 말하자면
- malhаjamyeon — So to speak; in other words, as it were
- 역사가에게
- yeoksagaеge — To the historian; dative form indicating the historian as recipient
- 자신의
- jasinui — One's own; possessive referring back to the subject
- 주제로
- jujеro — As the subject; as the main topic or theme
- 선언한
- seоneоnhan — Declared; announced or proclaimed as a statement
- 계획
- gyehoek — Plan, scheme; an organized method or design
- 즉
- jeuk — That is, namely; used to clarify or specify what was said
- 전
- jeon — All, entire; the whole of something
- 세계가
- segyega — The world (subject marker); the entire world as subject
- 지배에
- jibaee — Under domination; subject to rule or control
- 복속하게
- boksokаge — To submit, be subjugated; to come under another's rule
- 된
- doen — Became; past tense modifier of becoming or resulting
- 수단과
- sudangwa — Means and; methods or instruments combined with something
- 방식을
- bangsigеul — Method (object marker); a way or manner of doing things
- 강요하였다
- gangyohayeotda — Imposed, forced; compelled someone to do something (past tense)
- 왕국들의
- wanggukdeului — Of kingdoms; possessive referring to multiple kingdoms
- 복잡한
- bokjapan — Complex, complicated; involving many intricate parts
- 정치는
- jeongchineun — Politics (topic marker); the system of governance as topic
- 얼마나
- eolmana — How much, how; used in exclamations of degree
- 달랐던가
- dallattеonga — How different it was; exclamatory past tense of 'to be different'
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