You've got a good business, the Pax Romana, the Roman peace, actually allows you to travel. 你生活在罗马和平时期,生意做得不错,你还能到处旅行。
But if you're too comfortable with the Pax Romana you're supposed to be mad uncomfortable by the text and get on the right side. 如果你在罗马和平时期过于安逸,你就会被这本书弄得心神不宁,从而站到正义的一边。
So the Pax Romana may have sounded great, if you were an elite, but if you were not in the elite, it may have seemed more oppressive than anything. 所以罗马和平对精英阶层听着很美好,但如果你不是精英阶层,就会觉得更像是压迫。