pontifices

pontifices

1. Ctenomys pontifex

n. 海栉鼠

2. From then, I become Paul, neither the aged pontifex nor the royal member with noblest blood.

之后，我就成了保罗，但我不是古老的那个教皇，也不是血液高贵的王室。

3. He took the title of pontifex maximus, head sacrificial priest of the Roman dominion, the most ancient of all titles that the emperors had enjoyed.

他号称“大祭司长”，即罗马领土上的总祭司，这是历代皇帝所享用过的所有头衔中最古老的称呼。

4. Subsequently Aurelian built a splendid new temple in Rome, and created a new body of priests to support it (pontifex solis invicti), attributing his victories in the East to Sol Invictus.

后来，乌里安在罗马建立了一个辉煌的新宫殿，创造了一个祭司的新身体去支持它（古罗马的太阳神大祭司），把他对征服东方的胜利归结于索尔的崇拜。

5. I remember my father once sent me down to his workshop to get some glue, and I happened to come when old Pontifex was in the act of scolding his boy.

我记得有一次，我父亲让我去他作坊要些胶水，我到那里正赶上老庞蒂费克斯在责骂他的徒弟。

6. More than just being the Pontifex Maximus (the head of the Roman Religion), Roman Emperors endorsed the various popular cult religions.

罗马的皇帝不仅仅是最高祭司（罗马宗教领袖），而且还有对各种不同宗教的通俗典礼的批准权。

7. Furthermore, as Pontifex Maximus, he was head of the state religion.

跟罗马的军队，就是跟屋大维的军队打。