History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 — Page 11
The more peaceful and didactic episodes on the development of the Roman law, or even on the details of ecclesiastical history, interpose themselves as resting-places or divisions between the periods of barbaric invasion.
Os episódios mais pacíficos e didáticos sobre o desenvolvimento do direito romano, ou mesmo sobre os detalhes da história eclesiástica, interpõem-se como lugares de descanso ou divisões entre os períodos de invasão bárbara.
In short, though distracted first by the two capitals, and afterwards by the formal partition of the empire, the extraordinary felicity of arrangement maintains an order and a regular progression.
Em suma, embora distraída primeiro pelas duas capitais, e depois pela partição formal do império, a extraordinária felicidade de disposição mantém uma ordem e uma progressão regular.
As our horizon expands to reveal to us the gathering tempests which are forming far beyond the boundaries of the civilized world—as we follow their successive approach to the trembling frontier—the compressed and receding line is still distinctly visible; though gradually dismembered and the broken fragments assuming the form of regular states and kingdoms, the real relation of those kingdoms to the empire is maintained and defined; and even when the Roman dominion has shrunk into little more than the province of Thrace—when the name of Rome, confined, in Italy, to the walls of the city—yet it is still the memory, the shade of the Roman greatness, which extends over the wide sphere into which the historian expands his later narrative; the whole blends into the unity, and is manifestly essential to the double catastrophe of his tragic drama.
À medida que o nosso horizonte se expande para nos revelar as tempestades que se acumulam muito além das fronteiras do mundo civilizado — à medida que seguimos a sua aproximação sucessiva à fronteira trêmula — a linha comprimida e recuante ainda é distintamente visível; embora gradualmente desmembrada e os fragmentos partidos assumindo a forma de estados e reinos regulares, a relação real desses reinos com o império é mantida e definida; e mesmo quando o domínio romano se reduziu a pouco mais do que a província da Trácia — quando o nome de Roma, confinado, na Itália, às muralhas da cidade — ainda assim é a memória, a sombra da grandeza romana, que se estende sobre a vasta esfera em que o historiador expande a sua narrativa posterior; o todo funde-se na unidade, e é manifestamente essencial para a dupla catástrofe do seu drama trágico.
But the amplitude, the magnificence, or the harmony of design, are, though imposing, yet unworthy claims on our admiration, unless the details are filled up with correctness and accuracy.
Mas a amplitude, a magnificência, ou a harmonia do design, são, embora imponentes, reivindicações indignas da nossa admiração, a menos que os detalhes sejam preenchidos com correção e precisão.
No writer has been more severely tried on this point than Gibbon.
Nenhum escritor foi mais severamente posto à prova neste ponto do que Gibbon.
Vocabulary
- Os
- The (plural masculine definite article)
- episódios
- Episodes or events in a narrative or history
- mais
- More; additional or comparative marker
- pacíficos
- Peaceful or calm in nature or character
- didáticos
- Educational or designed for teaching purposes
- sobre
- About; concerning or on top of
- desenvolvimento
- Development; progress or growth over time
- do
- Of the (contraction of 'de' and 'o')
- direito
- Law or legal system; right or privilege
- romano
- Roman; relating to Rome or Romans
- ou
- Or; expressing alternative possibilities
- mesmo
- Same; even or very; indeed
- detalhes
- Details; specific aspects or particulars
- da
- Of the (contraction of 'de' and 'a')
- história
- History; a narrative of past events
- eclesiástica
- Ecclesiastical; relating to church or clergy
- como
- As; like or in the capacity of
- lugares
- Places; locations or areas in space
- de
- Of; from or expressing possession
- descanso
- Rest; relief or break from activity
- divisões
- Divisions; sections or parts separated
- entre
- Between; in the space separating things
- períodos
- Periods; spans of time or eras
- invasão
- Invasion; hostile entry into territory
- Em
- In; expressing location or time context
- embora
- Although; even though or despite that
- distraída
- Distracted; inattentive or absent-minded
- primeiro
- First; occurring before others in sequence
- pelas
- By the; through the (contraction)
- duas
- Two; the number between one and three
- capitais
- Capitals; chief cities or main centers
- depois
- After; subsequently or later in time
- partição
- Partition; division into separate parts
- formal
- Formal; official or ceremonial in nature
- império
- Empire; vast political dominion under authority
- extraordinária
- Extraordinary; exceptional or remarkable and unusual
- felicidade
- Happiness; state of joy or contentment
- disposição
- Disposition; arrangement or attitude toward something
- mantém
- Maintains; keeps or preserves in condition
- uma
- A; the feminine singular indefinite article
- ordem
- Order; arrangement or sequence of things
- progressão
- Progression; steady advance or forward movement
- regular
- Regular; occurring at steady intervals or times
- medida
- Measure; extent or degree of something
- que
- That; which or expressing relative clause
- nosso
- Our; belonging to us collectively
- horizonte
- Horizon; the line where earth meets sky
- se
- Itself; reflexive pronoun or conditional marker
- expande
- Expands; increases in size or extent
- para
- For; in order to or toward direction
- nos
- Us; objective pronoun or reflexive marker
- revelar
- Reveal; to disclose or make known
- as
- The; plural feminine definite article
- tempestades
- Storms; violent disturbances of weather or emotions
- acumulam
- Accumulate; gather or pile up together
- muito
- Very; much or to great extent
- além
- Beyond; further away or on far side
- das
- Of the; plural feminine (contraction)
- fronteiras
- Frontiers; borders or boundary lines
- mundo
- World; the earth or realm of existence
- civilizado
- Civilized; advanced in culture and refinement
- seguimos
- Follow; we pursue or go along with
- sua
- Its; belonging to it or feminine possession
- aproximação
- Approach; drawing near or coming closer
- sucessiva
- Successive; following one after another in order
- fronteira
- Frontier; border or boundary of territory
- linha
- Line; a long thin mark or boundary
- ainda
- Still; continuing or yet in time
- visível
- Visible; able to be seen or perceived
- gradualmente
- Gradually; slowly over time in degrees
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