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To this day the Roman Catholic Church insists that the Council of Florence is still in effect,
直到今天，罗马天主教会仍认为佛罗伦萨会议的的内容有效，
placing the Catholic Church in charge of all Orthodox Churches too.
并且仍旧让天主教会统领所有的东正教会。
Yet the good Orthodox people of Constantinople refused to accept submission to the Roman Church.
然而，君士坦丁堡的东正教信徒拒绝向罗马教廷臣服。
And to this day Orthodox Churches do not recognize the Council of Florence at all.
直到今天东正教会依然不承认佛罗伦萨会议。
In any event the Byzantines attempted surrender did their Empire no good.
无论如何，拜占庭如果妥协是没有任何好处的。
No help would be forthcoming from the West.
西方也不会施以援手。

France and Britain for example were still fighting the 100 years' war and the Spanish were still trying to boot out the Muslims moors.
法国和英国仍在进行百年战争，西班牙则试图驱逐穆斯林摩尔人。
The last Byzantine Emperor Constantine the XI maneuvered desperately to fend off the Ottoman Turks.
最后一任拜占庭君主康斯坦丁十一世为阻挡奥斯曼土耳其的进攻拼尽了全力。
He even offered to marry a widowed female relative of the Sultan but all in vain.
他甚至愿意娶一个苏丹的亲戚一个遗孀，但是却仍是徒然。
On May 29th 1453 Constantine the XI was killed at the head of his troops as is said he went down for the last time.
1453年5月29日 康斯坦丁十一世在最后一次带兵时被砍了头。
To celebrate his victory Sultan Mohammed the II took upon himself the title the Caesar of Rome.
为了庆祝胜利，穆罕默德二世苏丹给自己加封了一个头衔——即罗马凯撒。
Yet while the Empire deteriorated physically, the Byzantine culture endured.
虽然罗马帝国在实体上灭亡了，但是拜占庭文化却流传了下来。

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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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