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普鲁塔克:希腊罗马名人传·摘录 47
普鲁塔克《希腊罗马名人传》· Plutarch's Lives · 领导 · 财富 · 行动 · 历史
But Sicinnius and Brutus, the popular orators, interposed, crying out, that the consuls disguised the most cruel and barbarous action in the world under that mild and plausible name of a colony, and were simply precipitating so many poor citizens into a mere pit of destruction, bidding them settle down in a country where the air was charged with disease, and the ground covered with dead bodies, and expose themselves to the evil influence of a strange and angered deity. And then, as if it would not satisfy their hatred to destroy some by hunger, and offer others to the mercy of a plague, they must proceed to involve them also in a needless war of their own making, that no calamity might be wanting to complete the punishment of the citizens for refusing to submit to that of slavery to the rich.
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定位:Excerpt 47 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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平民派领袖西西尼乌斯和布鲁图斯站出来反对,说执政官们把世上最残忍野蛮的行为,包装成“殖民”这个温和好听的名字,实际上是把大批穷苦公民推进火坑。他们让这些人去一个空气里都是病菌、地上堆满尸体的地方定居,还要面对一个被冒犯的外邦神祇的怒火。这还不算,执政官们又要把这些人拖进一场他们自己挑起的、没必要的战争,好让公民们因为不肯屈服于富人的奴役而遭受的惩罚,一样都不缺。
上下文
普鲁塔克《希腊罗马名人传》中记载罗马平民与贵族冲突的片段,涉及殖民政策与阶级矛盾。
今日一问
今天有哪些政策或说法,用温和的名字掩盖了实质的伤害?
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