Depending on your personal view, ancient Rome was responsible for giving the modern world a number of traditions, including various legal ideas, democracy, and some of our religious celebrations. However, there are still many ancient Roman traditions that are slightly obscure, mostly relegated to the dustbin of history. Here are some lesser known ones.
从您个人的角度来看,古罗马负责给现代世界留下许多传统,其中包括各种法律观念,民主主义以及一些宗教庆典。然而,仍旧有许多古罗马的传统略显晦涩,这些大多都被扔进了历史的垃圾堆里。这里就有一些鲜为人知的。
10、Mos Maiorum
祖先之法
The mos maiorum was an unwritten code pertaining to behavioral customs mostly derived from the traditions of the Romans’ ancestors. Much like the Jews in the first song in Fiddler on the Roof, the Romans loved tradition and felt that moral decay would occur if they strayed too far from the ideals of the past. Therefore, obedience to the mos maiorum was seen as tantamount to maintaining a proper civilized Rome and was almost given legal standing.
祖先之法是一条关于行为习俗的不成文的法则,大体上源自于罗马人祖先的传统。就像犹太人在《屋顶上的小提琴手》中所唱的开篇序曲那样,罗马人热爱传统并且认为如果太过于偏离过去的思想,那将会导致道德的沦丧。因此,遵循祖先之法被视为无异于维持罗马文明的一种方式,甚至几乎拥有法律地位。
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