A glimpse of teenage life in ancient Rome - Ray Laurence

Translator: tom carter Reviewer: Bedirhan Cinar

Translator: Silvia Miguélez Reviewer: Mario Cal

É o 17 de marzo do ano 73 da nosa era.

It's March the 17th in A.D. 73.

Estamos de visita na antiga Roma para ver as Liberalia,

We're visiting ancient Rome to watch the Liberalia,

unha festa anual que celebra a liberdade dos cidadáns romanos.

an annual festival that celebrates the liberty of Rome's citizens.

Estamos mirando a un mozo de 17 anos, chamado Lucius Popidius Secundus.

We're looking in at a 17-year-old named Lucius Popidius Secundus.

Non é dunha familia pobre, pero vive no barrio coñecido coma a Subura,

He's not from a poor family, but he lives in the region known as the Subura,

un barrio pobre de Roma, pero cercano ao centro da cidade.

a poorer neighborhood in Rome, yet close to the center of the city.

(Gong)

(Gong)

Nestes pisos hai moreas de inquilinos,

The tenants of these apartments are crammed in,

(Gruñido)

o que presenta un risco considerable.

(Grunting)

which poses considerable risk.

Os incendios son frecuentes, e non é raro o cheiro a cinzas e fume pola mañá.

Fires are frequent and the smell of ash and smoke in the morning is not uncommon.

Lucius, que espertou ao amencer, ten hoxe deberes familiares que cumprir.

Lucius, who awoke at dawn, has family duties to perform today.

(Aclamacións)

O seu irmán de 15 anos chegou á idade adulta.

(Cheering)

His 15-year-old brother is coming of age.

A metade dos nenos da antiga Roma morren antes de chegar a adultos,

Half the children in ancient Rome die before they reach adulthood,

so this is a particularly important milestone.

polo que este é un fito moi importante.

Lucius observa ao seu irmán, de pé, coa súa toga nova,

Lucius watches his brother stand in his new toga

ante o santuario doméstico cos seus deuses protectores,

before the household shrine with its protective deities,

mentres coloca a súa bulla, un amuleto protector,

as he places his bulla, a protective amulet,

no santuario, cunha oración de agradecemento.

in the shrine with a prayer of thanks.

A bulla funcionara, protexérao.

The bulla had worked. It had protected him.

Non coma moitos outros, el sobrevivira e chegara a adulto.

Unlike many others, he had survived to become an adult.

Aos 17 anos, Lucius case completou a súa educación.

At 17, Lucius has almost completed his education.

Aprendeu a falar ben, a dar discursos públicos,

He has learned to speak well, make public speeches,

e a ler e escribir tanto en latín coma en grego.

and how to read and write both Latin and Greek.

O seu pai ensinoulle o tipo de cousas

His father has taught him the types of things

que non se poden aprender na clase:

you can't learn in the classroom:

a correr,

a nadar,

how to run,

e a pelexar.

how to swim,

and how to fight.

Lucius podería elixir, aos 17, converterse nun tribuno militar

Lucius could choose, at 17, to become a military tribune

e comandar soldados na beira do Imperio.

and command soldiers on the edge of the Empire.

Pero noutros xeitos, Lucius é aínda un neno.

But in other ways, Lucius is still a child.

Non se confía en el para arranxar asuntos de negocios.

He's not trusted to arrange business deals.

O seu pai encargarase diso ata que cumpra os 25.

His father will take care of that until he is 25.

E papá vai arranxar o matrimonio de Lucius cunha rapaza 10 anos máis nova.

And Dad will arrange Lucius' marriage to a girl 10 years younger.

O seu pai ten o ollo posto nunha familia cunha filla de 7 anos.

His dad has his eye on a family with a 7-year-old daughter.

Volta ás Liberalia.

Cando Lucius marcha coa súa familia,

Back to the Liberalia.

As Lucius leaves with his family,

as tendas están abertas mentres a poboación vai ao seu.

the shops are open as the population goes about its business.

As rúas, cheas de comerciantes ambulantes vendendo bagatelas

The streets are full of itinerant traders selling trinkets

e a xente movéndose dun lugar a outro.

and people bustling from place to place.

Os carros grandes están prohibidos na cidade ata despois da novena hora

Large wagons are not allowed in the city until after the ninth hour

pero as rúas seguen ateigadas.

but the streets are still crowded.

Os pais e os tíos levan os nenos ao Foro Augusto

Fathers and uncles take the kids to the Forum Augustus

a ver estatuas dos famosos guerreiros de Roma

to see statues of Rome's famous warriors

coma Eneas, que levou aos antepasados de Roma, os troianos, a Italia.

like Aeneas, who led Rome's ancestors, the Trojans, to Italy.

E Rómulo, o fundador de Roma.

And Romulus, Rome's founder.

E todos os grandes xenerais da República de máis de 100 anos antes.

And all the great generals of the Republic from more than 100 years earlier.

Con cariño, podemos imaxinar a pais e titores

Lovingly, we can imagine fathers and guardians

cos seus nenos agora adultos

with their now adult children

lembrando historias da gloria de Roma

remembering stories of Rome's glory

e contando as boas accións e os ditos dos grandes homes do pasado:

and re-telling the good deeds and sayings of the great men of the past:

leccións de como vivir ben,

lessons on how to live well,

e vencer as loucuras da mocidade.

and to overcome the follies of youth.

Hai un sentido da historia neste lugar, pertinente para o seu presente.

There is a sense of history in this place, relevant to their present.

Os romanos construíron un Imperio sen fin no tempo e no espazo.

Romans made an empire without end in time and space.

(Golpe)

Roma estaba destinada a ser eterna a través da guerra.

(Thump)

Rome was destined to be eternal through warfare.

As guerras eran un feito da vida, mesmo no ano 73.

Wars were a fact of life, even in A.D. 73.

Hai campañas no norte de Inglaterra e en Escocia,

There are campaigns in the north of England and into Scotland,

ao norte do río Danubio ata Romanía,

to the north of the River Danube into Romania,

e na fronteira entre Siria e Iraq ao leste.

and on the frontier between Syria and Iraq to the east.

Agora é a oitava hora: hora de ir aos baños.

It's now the eighth hour -- time to head for the baths.

Lucius e a súa familia van pola Vía Lata, a rúa ampla,

Lucius and his family head up the Via Lata, the wide street,

ata o Campo de Marte, e as enormes Termas de Agripa.

to the Campus Martius, and the enormous Baths of Agrippa.

Os membros da familia deixan fóra aos clientes e libertos,

The family members leave the clients and freedmen outside,

e entran aos baños co seu grupo de iguais.

and enter the baths with their peer group.

As termas cambiarían de habitacións escuras e con vapor, a lugares luminosos.

Baths would change from dark, steamy rooms to light ones.

Os romanos tiñan perfeccionado o vidro das fiestras.

The Romans had perfected window glass.

Todo o mundo pasa da sala fría

Everyone moves from the cold room

á sala temperada

to the tepid room

e á sala moi quente.

and to the very hot room.

(Home) Vaia!

Máis dunha hora despois, saen os bañistas

(Man) Oops!

More than an hour later, the bathers leave

masaxeados, aceitados,

massaged, oiled,

(Asubío)

e ben raspados cun estrixilo

(Whistling)

and have been scraped down with a strigil

para eliminar a suciedade restante.

to remove the remaining dirt.

Á novena hora, 7 horas despois de ter saído da casa,

At the ninth hour, seven hours after they left home,

os homes regresan para unha cea festiva.

the men return for a celebratory dinner.

A cea é unha cousa íntima,

Dinner is an intimate affair,

con 9 persoas recostadas arredor da mesa baixa.

with nine people reclining around the low table.

Os escravos atenden a todas as súas necesidades

se os comensais, con xestos, piden máis comida e viño.

Slaves attend to their every need

if the diners, through gestures, demand more food and wine.

Ao rematar o día, podemos escoitar o rebumbio de carros fóra.

As the day closes, we can hear the rumble of wagons outside.

Os clientes e os libertos,

cunha comida forte (de inferior calidade) dentro deles,

The clients and freedmen,

with a meal of robust -- if inferior -- food inside them,

diríxense cara aos baños agora tépedos

shuffle off to the now tepid baths

antes de regresar aos seus bloques de apartamentos.

before returning to their apartment blocks.

De volta na casa de Lucius, seguen a beber entrada a noite.

Back at Lucius' house, the drinking continues into the night.

Lucius e o seu medio irmán non teñen bo aspecto.

Lucius and his stepbrother don't look too well.

Un escravo está ao seu carón por se un deles ten que vomitar.

A slave stands by in case either of them needs to vomit.

Mirando cara atrás, coñecemos o futuro de Lucius.

With hindsight, we know Lucius' future.

En 20 anos, o fillo menor do emperador Vespasiano, Domiciano,

In 20 years' time, the Emperor Vespasian's youngest son, Domitian, as emperor,

coma emperador, instaurará un reino de terror.

Sobrevivirá Lucius?

will enact a reign of terror.

Will Lucius survive?

(Drums)

(Tambores)