That's how, you know, secular power tends to maintain itself, through threats of violence.

正如你知道的，世俗的力量倾向于通过暴力威胁来维护自身。

Their administrative structures were similar, there was a similar link between secular and religious power, albeit different religions.

他们的行政结构相似，世俗和宗教权力之间存在相似的联系， 尽管宗教不同。