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22 years old, a new mother, and a subversive.
二十二岁初为人母 颠覆叛逆
A year earlier, an imperial decree
一年前政府下令 将基督教定为非法教会
Converts like Perpetua are now enemies of the state.
像佩尔培图阿这种皈依者则成为了国家的敌人

Their crime: refusing to honor the Roman Gods.
他们的罪行是 拒绝敬拜罗马神灵
You had to be a little bit crazy to be a Christian,
你得有点疯狂才能成为基督徒
it was enough to get you killed,
而这足以让你被处以死刑
because you were saying your allegiance was to Christ and to his father and not to the emperor.
因为你只忠于耶稣还有他的父亲 而并未忠于帝国
You would've been always looking over your shoulder,
你会不停地回头看看身后
like, is someone following me or does someone know I'm a Christian.
害怕有人跟踪 或者害怕有人知道自己是基督教徒
You would've been paranoid, afraid to talk to anyone openly.
你会偏执多疑 不敢对人敞开心扉
The empire's secret police: the Frumentarii.
帝国的地下警察 也称弗鲁曼塔里
They use a network of informers to hunt down dissidents.
他们利用眼线来抓捕异端分子

重点讲解

1、look over
（快速）翻阅，浏览
They presented their draft to the president, who looked it over, nodded and signed it.
他们把草案提交给了总统，总统翻了一遍，点了点头，然后就签了字。
He could have looked over the papers in less than ten minutes.
他本可在10分钟内把文件翻看一遍的。
2、dissident
持不同政见者;异议者
political dissidents.
持不同政见者
former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky.
前苏联持不同政见者纳坦·夏兰斯基
有不同意见的;持不同政见的
a dissident Russian novelist.
持不同政见的俄罗斯小说家
She was suspected of having links with a dissident group.
她被怀疑与一个持不同政见的政治团体有关联。
3、imperial
帝国的;皇帝的
the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.
东京的皇宫
They executed Russia's imperial family in 1918.
他们 1918 年处死了俄国沙皇皇族。