【BBC罗马：永恒之城的历史】神圣之城 11
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Narration: __1__.
Simon: So, Mark, why are these sewers sacred?
Mark: Well, __2__. And there are shrines marking particular points and junctions in the sewer. __3__ - so criminals, __4__, even Christian martyrs - __5__.
Simon: Which emperors were actually __6__ here?
Mark: The one emperor who is very famous for this is the Emperor Elegabalus in the early third century AD, __7__. __8__.
Simon: That's all that's left of one of the last people to be here.
http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201303/201303120526334583523.mp3This extraordinary sanitation system was built right back in the sixth century BC. And its tunnels stretch for miles and miles. For two and a half thousand years, right up until the 19th century, this was the only sewer system serving the whole of Rome. And the ancient Romans believed it purified the city, both practically and symbolically
these sewers are sacred, in part, because they flush waste out of the city, they cleanse the city, they make the city pure
There's a very long-standing tradition in the history of Rome where unwanted elements of society
deposed tyrants
would be cast down here, symbolically, to be flushed out of the city
tossed down
who was a depraved young emperor who made a complete mess of Rome
He was eventually assassinated, his body was dragged, really foully, through the sewers and evacuated outside the city
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