A glimpse of teenage life in ancient Rome - Ray Laurence

Translator: tom carter Reviewer: Bedirhan Cinar

Translator: Preliterate Prenumeric Reviewer: Matej Divjak

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

Smo 17. marca v letu 73 n. št.

Obiskali bomo antični Rim in si ogledali Liberalijo,

We're visiting ancient Rome to watch the Liberalia,

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

vsakoletni praznik svobodnih državljanov Rimskega cesarstva.

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

Pred nami je 17 let star fant, Lucius Popidius Secundus.

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

Ni iz revne družine, čeprav stanujejo v delu Rima, imenovanem Subura,

kjer je več skromno živečih kot bogatih, vseeno pa je lokacija blizu centra mesta.

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

(Gong)

(Gong)

V stanovanjih je natlačeno veliko ljudi,

The tenants of these apartments are crammed in,

(Grunting)

(Stokanje)

which poses considerable risk.

kar je lahko nevarno.

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

Velikokrat kaj zagori, vonj po dimu in pepelu sta nekaj vsakdanjega.

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

Lucius, ki je vstal ob zori, ima danes na urniku nekaj dolžnosti.

(Cheering)

(Vzkliki)

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

Njegov brat bo star 15 let.

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

Umrljivost otrok v starem Rimu je visoka, kar polovica jih ne dočaka te starosti.

so this is a particularly important milestone.

zato je to še posebej pomemben mejnik.

Lucius watches his brother stand in his new toga

Lucius opazuje svojega brata, stoječega v novi togi

before the household shrine with its protective deities,

pred domačim oltarjem z zaščitniškimi božanstvi,

as he places his bulla, a protective amulet,

ko položi svoj obesek (bulla), zaščitniški amulet,

in the shrine with a prayer of thanks.

v hišno svetišče, skupaj z zahvalno molitvijo.

The bulla had worked. It had protected him.

Obesek mu je očitno pomagal: saj je še vedno živ.

Za razliko od mnogih otrok, je brat dočakal odraslost.

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

At 17, Lucius has almost completed his education.

Pri 17-ih je Lucius skoraj zaključil tudi s šolanjem.

He has learned to speak well, make public speeches,

Naučil se je pravilno govoriti, imeti javne govore,

and how to read and write both Latin and Greek.

ter brati in pisati po latinsko in po (staro) grško.

Oče ga je naučil tiste stvari,

His father has taught him the types of things

you can't learn in the classroom:

ki jih v rimskih šolah ne učijo:

how to run,

kako tekati,

kako plavati

how to swim,

and how to fight.

in kako se bojevati.

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

Pri 17-ih bi že lahko postal poveljnik (tribun) v rimski vojski

and command soldiers on the edge of the Empire.

in poveljeval vojakom na mejah cesarstva.

Pri ostalih stvareh pa je še vedno otrok.

But in other ways, Lucius is still a child.

Zato mu še ne zaupajo sklepati pogodb.

He's not trusted to arrange business deals.

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

Do 25 leta bo pogodbe sklepal njegov oče.

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

Prav tako bo oče uredil bodočo poroko z dekletom, 10 let mlajšim od Luciusa.

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

Ogledano ima družino s sedemletno hčerjo.

Back to the Liberalia.

Nazaj k praznovanju Liberalije.

As Lucius leaves with his family,

Ko se Lucius z družino odpravlja na pot,

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

so trgovine že odprte, prebivalci pa hitijo po opravkih.

The streets are full of itinerant traders selling trinkets

Ulice so polne potujočih trgovcev z nakitom

and people bustling from place to place.

in ljudi, ki hitijo iz enega v druge dele mesta.

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

Čeprav vozov ne spustijo v mesto vse do devetih zjutraj,

but the streets are still crowded.

je na ulicah že gneča.

Fathers and uncles take the kids to the Forum Augustus

Očetje in strici otroke pripeljejo na Avgustov trg,

to see statues of Rome's famous warriors

kjer stojijo kipi slavnih Rimskih junakov,

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

kot Enejev, ki je Trojance, prednike Rimljanov, pripeljal v Italijo.

Pa Romulov, kip ustanovitelja Rima.

And Romulus, Rome's founder.

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

In vseh generalov Republike izpred več kot 100 let.

Lovingly, we can imagine fathers and guardians

Lahko si predstavljamo, kako so se očetje in varuhi,

with their now adult children

skupaj z zdaj odraslimi otroci,

remembering stories of Rome's glory

spominjali zgodb o Rimski slavi,

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

in pripovedovali o dejanjih in izrekih junakov iz preteklosti:

lessons on how to live well,

kako pravilno živeti

and to overcome the follies of youth.

in preseči mladostno nepremišljenost.

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

Na tem kraju je čutiti preteklost, pomembno za sedanjost.

Romans made an empire without end in time and space.

Rimljani so naredili cesarstvo, ki naj ne pozna mej v prostoru in času.

(Thump)

(Tresk)

Rome was destined to be eternal through warfare.

Rim se je namenil, da postane večen z vojskovanjem.

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

Vojne so del življenja, tudi v letu 73.

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

Bojni pohodi potekajo na sever Anglije in na Škotsko,

severno od reke Donave v Romunijo,

to the north of the River Danube into Romania,

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

in na mejo med Sirijo in Irakom na vzhodu.

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

Minilo je osem ur in čas je za odhod v kopališče.

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

Lucius in njegova družina gredo po ulici Via Lata, široki ulici,

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

k Marsovemu polju in ogromnim kopališčem (Marka Vipsanija) Agripe.

The family members leave the clients and freedmen outside,

Družina pred vrati kopališča pusti oskrbovance in osvobojene sužnje,

and enter the baths with their peer group.

in vstopi s sebi enakimi.

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

Iz temnih prostorov, polnih pare, k svetlim.

Okenska stekla so Rimljani izpopolnili.

The Romans had perfected window glass.

Everyone moves from the cold room

Premikajo se od hladnih

to the tepid room

k mlačnim

and to the very hot room.

in zelo vročim prostorom.

(Man) Oops!

Au!

More than an hour later, the bathers leave

Ko mine več kot ena ura, kopalci odidejo zmasirani in naoljeni,

massaged, oiled,

(Whistling)

(Žvižganje)

and have been scraped down with a strigil

z lopatico za odstranjevanje olja (strigilom)

to remove the remaining dirt.

pa so jim odstranili še zadnjo umazanijo.

Deveto uro, sedem ur, odkar so odšli od doma,

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

the men return for a celebratory dinner.

se vračajo domov na slavnostno večerjo.

Dinner is an intimate affair,

Večerja poteka v krogu družine,

with nine people reclining around the low table.

z 9 ljudmi okrog nizke mizice.

Sužnji jim postrežejo,

Slaves attend to their every need

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

ko jedci, z gestami rok, zahtevajo več hrane in vina.

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

Ko se končuje dan, se zunaj zasliši ropot vozov.

The clients and freedmen,

Osvobojenci in klienti se

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

s trebuhi polnimi močne - a slabše - hrane,

shuffle off to the now tepid baths

odvlečejo v zdaj mlačna kopališča,

before returning to their apartment blocks.

preden se vrnejo v svoja stanovanja.

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

V Luciusovemu domu se popivanje nadaljuje pozno v noč.

Lucius and his stepbrother don't look too well.

Luciusu in polbratu je že slabo.

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

Suženj poskrbi zanju, če bosta morala bruhati.

Iz zgodovine nam je znana Luciusova prihodnost.

With hindsight, we know Lucius' future.

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

Čez 20 let najmlajši sin cesarja Vespazijana, Domicijan, kot cesar

will enact a reign of terror.

uvede strahovlado.

Will Lucius survive?

Bo Lucius preživel?

(Drums)

(Bobni)