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The Eastern Church held as the Eastern Orthodox Churches still hold today.
东正教当时则认为，就和今天东正教会认为的一样。
That the Holy Spirit is only descended from God the Father.
圣灵只是通过圣父传下来的。
The patriarch of Constantinople and the Bishop of Rome declared each other heretics over this and broke off all relations.
君士坦丁堡的教皇和罗马主教都声称对方是异教，断绝了所有联系。
The Byzantines held onto some of the trappings of the old Roman State but they had gone thoroughly and indisputably Greek.
拜占庭人延用了一些旧罗马帝国的服饰，但他们其实已经彻彻底底、无可非议地靠近了希腊文化。
For all that we must never forget that in the Byzantine's heart of hearts they were still Romans.
但即便如此我们也不能忘记，在拜占庭人心中他们自己仍旧是罗马人。
And that the Westerners were the ones who had strayed.
西罗马帝国的人才是失散的人。

Segment 15C, Fall of the Eastern Empire.
15C部分 东罗马帝国的覆灭。
The Eastern Roman Empire better known as the Byzantine Empire outlasted the Western Empire for centuries.
东罗马帝国也就是常说的拜占庭帝国比西罗马帝国晚几个世纪覆灭。
Constantinople finally fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453 AD that is on the eve of the New World's "discovery."
1453年君士坦丁堡最终在发现新大陆的前夕，落入了奥斯曼土耳其人之手。
The adjective Byzantine, derived from Constantinople's original name of Byzantium, has come to describe twisted and complex plots directed usually to an immoral goal.
拜占庭附属地由君士坦丁堡的原名Byzantium而来，用于形容为了邪恶的目的而编造的扭曲复杂的阴谋。
The association is not exactly unfair.
这种联想并不算不公正。
Unlike the rough and tumble Western Kings, mere generations removed from the Barbarians who still sign their name with an X.
与西罗马帝国乱作一团的君王不同，他们的人民刚刚摆脱蒙昧，他们签名的时候还是只会用X代替。

视频及简介

课程介绍:

这堂课主要介绍了拜占庭帝国衰落的过程以及对后世的影响。全文分为五个部分，第一部分是简介（00:00:02）主要介绍了整堂课的内容梗概，第二部分是罗马人和他们的世界（00:04:59）主要介绍了罗马这个名称以及拜占庭帝国的历史，第三部分是东罗马帝国的覆灭（00:14:15）介绍了东罗马帝国灭亡的过程和原因，第四部分是教皇、皇帝和沙皇（00:24:44）介绍了各国皇帝的作为以及东罗马帝国和各国之间复杂的关系，第五部分是结论（00:33:27）主要总结了整堂课的内容，并最后提出罗马不仅仅是一种情愫，更是一种态度。

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