From the nearby land of Latium, Rome acquired the Latin language, which became the empire's official language and the ancestor to Europe's Romance languages.

从附近的拉丁姆，罗马获得了拉丁语，拉丁语成为帝国的官方语言和欧洲罗曼语族的祖先。

Historically, Rome started out as one of roughly 50 villages in Latium, again, a region in the west-central area of what is now Italy.

在历史上，罗马最初是Latium的五十多个乡镇中的一个，这个地方位于现在意大利的西中部地区。

Since the Etruscans were by far the more advanced culture, the Etruscans dominated the Romans in Latium, and probably ruled Rome for quite some time.

因为伊特鲁利亚人有更先进的文化，伊特鲁利亚人支配罗马人，或许统治了罗马相当一段时间。

That's how the twins found themselves on top of a hill in Latium, founding a new city on the site of what would eventually be Rome.

因此，这兄弟两个来到Latium的一座小山上，创立了一个城市这座城市就是后来的罗马。

Rome had already established herself as the leading city in the region of Latium, and was now fighting it out with various Etruscan cities to the north.

罗马当时已经是Latium地区的佼佼者，当时正在和北方不同的伊特鲁利亚城市打仗。