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Other nations holding on to parts and pieces of the Western Empire included the Bretagne's,
其他占据部分西罗马帝国的国家，还包括列塔尼人，
the Britons, the Anglo-Saxons, Bubbacus and Jethra still had taxes to pay and bureaucrats to obey too,
英国人，盎格鲁-撒克逊人等西罗马原来的百姓仍然要付税，服从官僚的管理。
it's just the paying or the obeying was done to a Visigoth king or a Vandal king or a Frankish king
只是现在纳税和服从的是西哥特国王，汪达尔王国或是法兰克国王，
as opposed to a figurehead Roman Emperor. Odovacar himself preserved all the features of the old government even including the Roman Senate and the rule of Roman Law,
而不是有名无实的罗马帝国皇帝。奥多亚克保留了罗马政府的所有特色，甚至包括罗马参议院和罗马的法治，
as a result he was much appreciated by the people of Rome and all Italy and when Odovacar began to dream of being something more than King of Italy he was supported by these people.
因此罗马人民和所有的意大利人都依然支持他。在他开始不满于只当意大利国王时，他得到了百姓们全心全意的支持。
But Odovacar's dreams of being more than just King of Italy bothered the Eastern Emperor Zeno, trying to kill two birds with one stone;
但是他的美梦使东罗马皇帝芝诺受到困扰，芝诺想要一石二鸟，
Zeno prompted the neighboring Ostrogoth King Theodoric to attack Odovacar in 493 AD.
他唆使邻国的东哥特国王迪奥多里克于公元493年进攻奥多亚克。
Though not a Roman himself Theodoric had lived for a long time in Constantinople and he had held high posts in the Roman army.
虽然迪奥多里克不是罗马人，但是他已经在君士坦丁堡君居住很长时间。而且他也在罗马军队里拥有高级职位。
Zeno wanted to get Theodoric and those Ostrogoth's as far away from his empire as he could and after successfully deposing Odovacar,
芝诺想让迪奥多里克等东哥特人尽量远离他的东罗马帝国，同时他还能成功地推翻奥多亚克。
Theodoric showed the same respect for Roman culture, letting even Pagan Romans live as they pleased.
迪奥多里克同样尊重罗马文化，他甚至允许罗马异教徒随意生活。
Unfortunately Theodoric died in 526 AD without a strong successor, leaving behind predictably the usual confusion.
不幸的是，迪奥多里克在526年去世，没有留下强有力的继任者。可以想象，只剩下同样的混乱局面。
Within a decade the Eastern Emperor Justinian, 527 to 565 AD, had invaded Italy and took it back.
十年后，东罗马皇帝查士丁尼(527-565)入侵并征服了意大利。
The last of the truly Roman Empires to rule the East, Justinian wanted to reacquire the entire Roman Empire,
作为最后真正的统治东罗马的皇帝，他想要重新统一罗马帝国。
when he conquered Vandal North Africa he regarded it as a promising sign.
当他征服了北非的汪达尔人，他看到了令人鼓舞的迹象。
