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Eastern Emperors retain all of the Imperial pompetous in the ritual incorporated by Diocletian and even added to it.
东罗马帝国的君主保留了所有皇家礼仪，戴克里先皇帝沿用并增加了这些礼仪。
Byzantine government was characterized by a large army and an even larger bureaucracy, and the tendency to feud over the slightest differences of opinion.
拜占庭政府就是一个大型的军队是一个大型的官僚机构，人们会为各种细微的不和而争论不休。
Sometimes these differences were religious as with the or Icon smashing controversy which came to its end in 843 AD.
这些不合有时和宗教有关，就像砸不砸圣像这类问题直到843年才结束。
But all too often Byzantines fought over who should succeed the throne or who should command their Byzantine forces in one of their wars against their numerous enemies.
但他们争论更多的则是，谁应该继任王位的问题，以及谁应该在抵御外侵时统帅军队。
Remember these people were the Romans in their own minds.
要记住这些人在内心深处都认为自己是罗马人。
The period from 843 to 1025 AD represented a high point of military security and cultural achievements
843年到1025年这段时间可以看做是拜占庭国防和文化成就的顶峰。
for the Byzantines largely due to the comparative freedom from internal bickering.
这大部分原因是由于内部争论带来的相对自由的环境。
Not only did the Byzantines keep the Muslims, Slav and Persians armies at arms length, they even made scattered conquests of their own.
拜占庭不仅与穆斯林人 斯拉夫人以及波斯人保持着距离，甚至还出兵征伐过这些国家。
The Empire's Eastern Frontier was extended to Russ the forerunner state of Russia.
帝国东部国界伸展到了俄国，也就是俄罗斯的前身。
And made it an outpost of Orthodox Christianity.
同时把俄国作为了宣扬正教的前方阵地
Economically the Emperors managed to balance the needs of the peasants and the ambitions of the wealthy.
从经济上说，君主们平衡了农民的需求和贵族的野心。
